Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calicut

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut

Archdioecesis Metropolitae Calicutensis

കോഴിക്കോട് ലത്തീൻ അതിരൂപത
Mother of God (Mater Dei) Cathedral, Calicut.jpg
Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut
Location
Country India
Statistics
Area12,505 km2 (4,828 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2006)
  • 10,061,127
  • 38,092 (0.4%)
Parishes41
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
CathedralMother of God Cathedral in Kozhikode
Patron saint St Francis Xavier
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal
Vicar GeneralJenson 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]

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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

Ordinaries

Bishops

Source: [5]

Metropolitan Archbishops

References

  1. ccbi, Editor (12 April 2025). "Calicut Elevated as Archdiocese; Bishop Varghese Named First Archbishop". CCBI. Retrieved 12 April 2025.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. "Web Translator".
  3. http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-171 [ dead link ]
  4. "കോഴിക്കോട് അതിരൂപതയായി ഉയർത്തപ്പെട്ടു, ആർച്ചുബിഷപ്പ് അഭിവന്ദ്യ വർഗ്ഗീസ് ചക്കാലക്കൽ! - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Malayalam). 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  5. "Calicut (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

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