Diocese of Cochin
Coccinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cochin, India
The Diocese of Cochin is a Latin Church diocese in Kerala, India, one of the oldest in the country, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Verapoly. Bishop Antony Kattiparambil was appointed in October 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 February 1558
- Latin
- Coccinen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Cross and Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001186
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 182,324
- Population
- 625,500
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 29.1%
- Priests
- 166
- Catholics per priest
- 1,098
- Extent
- 236 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 773
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antony Kattiparambil
- Born
- 14 October 1970
- Birthplace
- Mundamveli
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Kochi stands in Cochin, 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.
The province of Verapoly
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Verapoly.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KottapuramKottapuram
- Archdiocese of VerapolyVerapoly
- Diocese of VijayapuramVijayapuram
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Portuguese-speaking missionaries dominated the region when, in 1557, the Diocese of Cochin was established in Cochin, Kerala, India. A constituent of the sui iuris Latin Church, the see (Latin: Diœcesis Coccinensis) holds suffragan rank within the ecclesiastical province headed by the metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.