Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Calicut | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Calicutensis |
Local: | കോഴിക്കോട് രൂപത |
Country: | India |
Province: | Verapoly |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Patron: | St Francis Xavier |
Parishes: | 41 |
Area Km2: | 12,505 |
Population: | 10,061,127 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 38,092 |
Catholics Percent: | 0.4 |
Bishop: | Varghese Chakkalakal |
Metro Archbishop: | Joseph Kalathiparambil |
Vicar General: | Thomas Panackal |
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).
, it pastorally served 48,250 Catholics (0.6% of 8,059,057 total population) on 8,036 km² in 41 parishes and 3 missions with 132 priests (57 diocesan, 75 religious), 837 lay religious (127 brothers, 710 sisters) and 12 seminarians.