Suffragan diocese Vijayapuram, India
Diocese of Vijayapuram
Viiayapuramen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Vijayapuram is a Latin Catholic diocese headquartered in Kottayam, Kerala, India, covering parts of Kottayam, Idukki, and neighboring districts. It was established in 1930 from the Archdiocese of Verapoly, to which it is suffragan.
On the map
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- Established
- 1930
- Catholics
- 79,021
- Priests
- 184
- Territory
- 9,000 km²
Parishes and churches
91 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sebastian Thekethecheril
- Born
- 30 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Aapadanad
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The cathedral
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Kottayam stands in Vijayapuram, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Kottayam is the see city of this diocese (Latin: Viiayapuramen(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly in India.