Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut Archdioecesis Metropolitae Calicutensis കോഴിക്കോട് ലത്തീൻ അതിരൂപത | |
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![]() Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut | |
Location | |
Country | India |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,505 km2 (4,828 sq mi) |
Population
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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 Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut (Latin : Archdioecesis Metropolitae 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).
As of 2015 [update] , 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.
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