Diocese of Sultanpet
Sultanpeten(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Sultanpet, India
The Diocese of Sultanpet is a Latin Catholic diocese covering Palakkad district, Kerala, India. It was erected by Pope Francis in 2013 and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Calicut.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 December 2013
- Latin
- Sultanpeten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Sebastian
- Annuario code
- 001003123
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,975
- Population
- 4,260,435
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 673
- Extent
- 4,466 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.9
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
- Peter Abir Antonisamy
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
Saint Sebastian Cathedral, Sultanpet, Palakkad stands in Sultanpet, 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 Calicut
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Calicut.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalicutCalicut
- Diocese of KannurKannur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Comprising the Palakkad district of Kerala, India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet (Latin: Dioecesis Sultanpetensis) was erected from the division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut, and serves as a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly. Its first bishop was Rev. Peter Abir Antonisamy, a clergy of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.
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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.