Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut

Diocese of Calicut Dioecesis Calicutensis കോഴിക്കോട് രൂപത
Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut
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).

Statistics

As of 2015, 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.

History

• 12 June 1923: Established as Diocese of Calicut on territories split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, Diocese of Mangalore and Diocese of Mysore
• On 1949 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry
• Lost territories repeatedly: on 31 December 1953 to establish Diocese of Tellicherry, on 1998.11.05 to establish Diocese of Kannur, on 28 December 2013 to establish Diocese of Sultanpet.

Ordinaries

Sl.No	Ordinary	Designation	Year of appointment	Last year of service
1	Rt Rev. Dr Paul Perini S.J	Bishop	1923	1932
2	Rt Rev. Dr Leo Proserpio S.J	Bishop	1932	1948
3	Rt Rev. Dr Aldo Maria Patroni S.J	Bishop	1948	1980
4	Rt Rev. Dr Maxwell Noronhawas	Bishop	1980	2002
5	Joseph Kalathiparambil	Bishop	2002	2011
6	Varghese Chakkalakal	Bishop	2011	present

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in India

Sources and External links

• GCatholic, with Google satellite HQ picture - data for all sections ^{[self-published]}
• diocesan website Archived 13 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}