Diocese of Palayamkottai
Palayamkottaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Palayamkottai, India
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 17 May 1973 from the Archdiocese of Madurai, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is St. Xavier's Cathedral in Palayamkottai, serving about 123,800 Catholics (2004). The see is vacant following the end of Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu's tenure in July 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 May 1973
- Latin
- Palayamkottaien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001002515
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 123,789
- Population
- 2,652,273
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.7%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 904
- Extent
- 6,102 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Antonysamy Savarimuthu
- Born
- 8 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Vadakku Vandanam
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. Xavier's Cathedral, Palayamkottai stands in Palayamkottai, 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 Madurai
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madurai.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaduraiMadurai
- Diocese of DindigulDindigul
- Diocese of KottarKottar
- Diocese of KuzhithuraiKuzhithurai
- Diocese of SivagangaiSivagangai
- Diocese of TiruchirapalliTiruchirapalli
- Diocese of TuticorinTuticorin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Palayamkottai in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai (Latin: Palayamkottaien(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Madurai.
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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.