Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet

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Diocese of Sultanpet

Dioecesis Sultanpetensis
Location
Country India
Territory Palakkad district
Ecclesiastical province Calicut
Metropolitan Calicut
Statistics
Area4,466 km2 (1,724 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
4,260,435
30,975 (0.7%)
Parishes31
Schools4
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established28 December 2013
Cathedral Saint Sebastian Cathedral, Sultanpet
Patron saint Saint Sebastian
Secular priests 46
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Peter Abir Antonisamy
Metropolitan Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal
Vicar GeneralRev Fr. Alese Sunder Raj
Website
http://sultanpetdiocese.org

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet (Latin : Dioecesis Sultanpetensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese consisting of Palakkad district, Kerala, India erected from the division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore and Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut, and a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly. [1] Rev. Peter Abir Antonisamy clergy of Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore was appointed as its first bishop. The parish church of San Sebastian, located in Sultanpet in the city of Palakkad, is the cathedral of this diocese. At the time of its erection it was the 31st Catholic diocese in Kerala [2] and 167th in India. [3] The diocese is almost coterminous with the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat.

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