The Diocese of Quilon is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church based in the southern Indian city of Kollam. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandrum. The Diocese of Quilon covers an area of 1,950 km2 that contains a population of some 4.8 million. At least 4.8% of the people in the area are Catholic.
The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, presently in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, was a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Goa, under the Portuguese patronage. It was founded at 1606 and abandoned at 1952.
Michael Gerard Duca is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge in Louisiana since his installation on August 24, 2018. He previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana from 2008 to 2018.
The Archdiocese of Verapoly (Verapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church, composed of Latin Catholics of Malabar and headquartered at the city of Cochin, in the south Indian state of Kerala. The archdiocese has administrative control over the suffragan dioceses of Calicut, Cochin, Kannur, Kottapuram, Sultanpet and Vijayapuram. The headquarters is located in Kochi along the Malabar Coast in India. It was originally formed as the Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar in 1657 and became a metropolitan see in 1886. Verapoly is the anglicised name of Varapuzha.
The Roman CatholicDiocese of Cochin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Cochin, India. Established in the year 1557, The Roman catholic Diocese Of Cochin is the second diocese in India after the Arch Diocese Of Goa. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly. The diocese serves Latin Catholics of Malabar.
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan region, by the west coast of India. The ecclesiastical province of Goa and Damaon includes a suffragan diocese, the Sindhudurg Diocese that comprises the Malvani areas of. The Archbishop of Goa also holds the titles of Primate of the East and Patriarch of the East Indies, also hold the title of the Syrian Catholic Primate of the Archdiocese of Cranganore. The beginnings lie in the Padroado system of Portuguese Goa and Damaon, in the early 1900s the primatial see was transferred back to the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as the Padroado system of the Indo-Portuguese era was being dismantled.
Dennis Joseph Sullivan is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey since 2013. He served as vicar general and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2004 to 2013.
James Douglas Conley is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska since 2012. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado from 2008 to 2012.
Michael Arattukulam was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey and an advocate of the Rotae Romanae.
Joseph Kariyil is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was bishop of Cochin from 2009 to 2024.
Church of Our Lady of Hope is a Latin Church parish in the Diocese of Cochin. It is located at Fort Vypin in the island of Vypeen, the point where the Vembanad Lake merges with the Arabian Sea, with Fort Cochin on the other side.
Gerard William Battersby is an American Catholic prelate who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit since 2016. On March 19, 2024, he was appointed as Bishop of La Crosse.
Alfred Andrew Schlert is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Allentown in Pennsylvania since 2017.
Francis Ignatius Malone is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana since 2019.
Bishop Joseph Kureethara was the 33rd bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin.
Lawrence Puliyanath, occasionally known as Lawrence of Edakochi, was a Catholic priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin, declared a Servant of God.
John Thattumkal SSC was the Catholic bishop of Cochin from 2000 to 2009 before his retirement. He is a member of the Priestly Society of St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo.
Avila College Of Education is a Minority Educational institution Run and Administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Cochin. Started in 1995, the college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in education in various streams. The college is affiliated to MG University Kottayam which functions under self financing stream.
St Antony's Forane Church Kannamaly is a Roman Catholic church in Kannamaly, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala. The church is within the ancient Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin. and is known for its festival of Saint Joseph. Annually on March 19 it is a Christian pilgrimage center.
St Sebastian's Church Thoppumpady is a catholic church in Kochi. One of the historical church in gothic structure is under the Roman Catholic diocese Of Cochin. The church is one of the biggest parishes in cochin. The church is locally called Kochupally venerating St Sebastian, Martyr of the church ,natively called Kochupunyalan.Church is directed by the Archeological Department Of Kerala
