List of cathedrals in India explained
A cathedral (from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, chair) is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop,[1] thus serving as the central church of a diocese.This is the list of cathedrals in India sorted by denomination.
Catholic Church
Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in India:[2]
Latin Catholic Provinces
Ecclesiastical Province of Agra
Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore
Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal
Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay
Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta
Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi
Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar
Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman
Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati
Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal
Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore
Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Patna
Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur
Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi
Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong
Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram
Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly
Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam
Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly
Province of Changanassery
Province of Tellicherry
Province of Thrissur
Archdiocese of Kottayam
Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Trivandrum
Province of Tiruvalla
Directly under the Holy See
Anglican
Church of South India
Cathedrals of the Church of South India:
Church of North India
Cathedrals of the Church of North India:
Oriental Orthodox
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
Cathedrals of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church:
- Mount Sinai Mar Baselios Catholicate Cathedral, Kothamangalam, Cathedral of the Metropolitan of Angamaly Diocese (Diocese Headquarters)
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Sonooro Cathedral, Angamaly, Kerala, Cathedral of the Bishop of Angamaly Region
- Mor Saboor and Mor Afroth Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Akaparambu, Kerala,
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Morakkala, Pallikkara, Kerala, Cathedral of Pallikkara Region
- Bethel Sulokho Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Perumbavoor, Kerala
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kuruppampady, Cathedral of the bishop of Perumbavoor Region
- St. Thomas Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Mazhuvannoor,
- Matha Mariyam Jacobite Syrian Cathedral Valiyapally, Kothamangalam, Kerala, Cathedral of the Bishop of Kothamangalam Region
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Karakkunnam, Kerala, Cathedral of the Bishop of Muvattupuzha Region
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Nercha Cathedral, Rakkad, Kerala
- St. George Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Adimali, Cathedral of the bishop of Highrange Region
Kandanad Diocese
- St. George Cathedral, Kadakkanad (Diocesan Headquarters), Cathedral of the metropolitan of Kandanad.
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kandanad, Kerala, Mother Parish of the diocese Kandanad Region)
- St. Mary's Rajadhiraja Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Piravom, Kerala one of the oldest Christian church in the world
- St. Peter's & St. Paul's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Neeramukal
Kochi Diocese
Kottayam, Idukki Dioceses
Simhasa Churches
- St. Mary's Sonoro Cathedral, Elamkulam, Kerala of Ernakulam Region
- St. Peter's Jacobite Syrian Simhasana Cathedral, Thiruvananthapuram of Thiruvananthapuram Region
- Mor Ignatius Cathedral, Manjinikkara of Manjinikkara Region
- St. Ignatius Cathedral, Puthenangady of Kottayam Region
Knanaya Diocese
- Knanaya St. Johns Cathedral, Chingavanam, Kerala. Cathedral of the Archbishop of the Knanaya Archdiocese
North Kerala (Malabar, Kozhikode and Thrissur)
- St. Peter's & St. Paul's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Meenangadi, Cathedral of the Metropolitan of Malabar
- St. George Jacobite Syrian Patriarchal Cathedral Pulpally
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral Calicut.Cathedral of the bishop of Calicut
South Kerala (Niranam, Thumbamon and Kollam)
- St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara (traditional Parish)
- St. George Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kavumbhagam, Kerala (Niranam Diocese, Diocese Headquarters Cathedral of the Metropolitan of Niranam
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Pathanamthitta (Thumbamon Diocean Headquarters) Cathedral of the metropolitan of Thumbamon
- St. Thomas Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Manthalir
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral, Vallikodu Kottayam, Pathanamthitta (Thumpamon Diocese)
Outside Kerala (Bangalore, Delhi, Mylapore, Mangalore, Mumbai)
- St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Bangalore
- St. Peter's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, New Delhi
- St. Gregorios Jacobite Cathedral, Mettuguda, Hyderabad
- St. Antony's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Jeppu, Mangalore, Karnataka
Evangalical Association
- St. George Jacobite Cathedral, Pulpally
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Cathedrals of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church:
In Kerala
- Kadeesa Orthodox Cathedral, Kayamkulam, Kerala of Mavelikkara diocese
- Mar Elia Cathedral, Kottayam, Kerala of Kottayam Central Diocese
- St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Kunnakurady, Kerala of Angamaly Diocese
- St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Kozhikode, Kerala of Malabar Diocese
- St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala of Trivandrum diocese
- St. Ignatius Orthodox Cathedral, Chengannur, Kerala of Chengannur diocese
- St. Ignatius Orthodox Cathedral, Thrissur, Kerala of Thrissur diocese
- St. Ignatious Orthodox Cathedral, Kaipatoor, Kerala of Thumpamon diocese
- St. John's Orthodox Cathedral, Pampady, Kerala of Kottayan diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Mulakulam, Kerala of Kandanad West diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Kandanad, Kerala of Kandanad West diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Puthencavu, of Chengannur diocese, Kerala
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Puthiyakavu, Kerala of Mavelikkara diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Niranam, Kerala of Niranam diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Sulthanbathery, Kerala of Sultan Bathery diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Thumpamon, Kerala of Thumpamon diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Ernakulam, Kerala of Kochi diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Pazhanji, Kerala of Kunnamkulam diocese
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Arthat, Kerala of Kunnamkulam Diocese
- St. Stephens Orthodox Cathedral,[(Makkamkunnu, Pathanamthitta)], Kerala, Thumpamon Diocese
- St. Stephen's Orthodox Cathedral, Kudassanad, Kerala of Chengannur diocese
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kadampanad, Kerala of Adoor-Kadampanad diocese
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kannamkode, Adoor, Kerala of Adoor-Kadampanad diocese
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kungiripetty, Kerala of Idukki diocese
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kollam, Kerala of Kollam Diocese
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Karthikappally, Kerala of Mavelikkara diocese
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Muvattupuzha, Kerala of Kandanad East diocese
- St Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Thottomon, Ranny, Kerala of Nilackal diocese
Outside Kerala
- St. Antony's Orthodox Syrian Cathedral Brahmavar, Karnataka
- St. Gregorios Orthodox Cathedral, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Mar Gregorios Cathedral, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Broadway, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Nagpur, Maharashtra
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kolkata, West Bengal
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Dadar, Maharashtra
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Brahmavar, Karnataka
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Hauz Khas, Delhi
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Port Blair, Andaman
- St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- St. Gregorios Orthodox Cathedral, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary,
- GCatholic.org: Cathedrals India