Archdiocese of Calicut
| Archdiocese of Calicut Archdioecesis Calicutensis കോഴിക്കോട് ലത്തീൻ അതിരൂപത | |
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Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| 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 | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Varghese Chakkalakal |
| Vicar General | Jenson Puthenveettil |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Archdiocese of Calicut (Latin: Archdioecesis Calicuten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical province or metropolitan archdiocese in India. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its suffragan dioceses are the Kannur and Sulthanpet.[1]
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.[2][3]
- On 12 April 2025, the Diocese of Calicut was elevated to the status of an archdiocese by Pope Francis. Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, who had been serving as the diocesan bishop, was appointed as the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the newly formed Archdiocese.[4]
Ordinaries
Bishops
Source:[5]
- Paul Carlo Perini (1923 – 1932)
- Leone Proserpio (1932 – 1948)
- Aldo Maria Patroni (1948 – 1980)
- Maxwell Valentine Noronha (1980 – 2002)
- Joseph Kalathiparambil (2002 – 2011)
- Varghese Chakkalakal (2011 – 2025)
Metropolitan Archbishops
- Varghese Chakkalakal (2025 – present)
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]
11°15′11″N 75°46′27″E / 11.2530°N 75.7741°E
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Archdiocese of Calicut is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[6]
- Part of: Ecclesiastical Province of Calicut
External links
References
- Back to citation "Calicut Elevated as Archdiocese; Bishop Varghese Named First Archbishop". CCBI. 12 April 2025. Archived from the original on 6 July 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- Back to citation "Web Translator". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- Back to citation http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-171
- Back to citation "കോഴിക്കോട് അതിരൂപതയായി ഉയർത്തപ്പെട്ടു, ആർച്ചുബിഷപ്പ് അഭിവന്ദ്യ വർഗ്ഗീസ് ചക്കാലക്കൽ! - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Malayalam). 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- Back to citation "Calicut (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Archived from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- Back to citation Archdiocese of Calicut, official website