Eparchy of Palai
Palaien(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Palai, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in central Kerala, India, erected 25 July 1950 from the territory of Changanacherry and a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Changanassery. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Thomas in Palai, and it serves about 326,700 East Syriac-rite Catholics (2009), nearly half the local population.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 25 July 1950
- Latin
- Palaien(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception, St. Thomas the Apostle, and St. Alphonsa
- Annuario code
- 001002513
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 326,747
- Population
- 695,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 47.0%
- Priests
- 572
- Catholics per priest
- 571
- Extent
- 1,166 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 280
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
- Eparch
- Mar Joseph Kallarangatt
- Born
- 29 November 1956
- Birthplace
- Kayyoor
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
St. Thomas Cathedral, Palai stands in Palai, 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 Changanassery (Syro-Malabar)
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Changanassery.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.