Diocese of Calicut Dioecesis Calicutensis കോഴിക്കോട് രൂപത | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Verapoly |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,505 km2 (4,828 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 10,061,127 38,092 (0.4%) |
Parishes | 41 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Mother of God Cathedral in Kozhikode |
Patron saint | St Francis Xavier |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Varghese Chakkalakal |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Kalathiparambil |
Vicar General | Very Rev. Dr. Jenson Puthenveettil |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Calicut (Latin: Dioecesis Calicuten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese in India. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral is Mother of God Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady, in the episcopal see of Kozhikode (Calicut).