Diocese of Palai
| Diocese of Palai | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Changanacherry Archepark |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Kallarangatt |
| Auxiliary bishop | Jacob Muricken |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Pallikaparampil |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 1,166 km² |
| Parishes | 169 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 683,945 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 346,334 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 50.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 367 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 112 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 723 |
| Friars | 122 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 4,100 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| cathedral | St. Thomas Cathedral |
| Website | www.palaidiocese.com |
The diocese of Palai ( Latin : Dioecesis Palaiensis ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, which is united with the Roman Catholic Church and is based in Palai in India . It includes the Taluk Meenachil and some villages of the neighboring Taluk in Kottayam in the Indian state of Kerala .
history
Pope Pius XII founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quo Ecclesiarum on July 25, 1950 from cession of territory to the Eparchy Kottayam and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ernakulam as a suffragan .
On July 29, 1956, it became a part of the ecclesiastical province of the Changanacherry Archeparchy .
Bishops of Palai
- Sebastian Vayalil (July 25, 1950– November 21, 1986)
- Joseph Pallikaparampil (February 6, 1981– March 18, 2004)
- Joseph Kallarangatt (since March 18, 2004)