Syro-Malabar Diocese of

Palai

Area: 1,166 km²

Population: 334,482 Catholics (42.8% of 781,320 total) (2017)

Statistics: 170 parishes, 534 priests (393 diocesan, 141 religious), 3,248 lay religious (256 brothers, 2,992 sisters), 91 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Changanacherry

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, St. Thomas the Apostle

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1950.07.25: Established as Diocese of Palai / Pala / Palaien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Changanacherry)
1977.02.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kanjirapally

Bishop (2004.03.18 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt (62)
Auxiliary Bishop (2012.08.24 – ...):	Bishop Jacob Muricken (56) Titular Bishop of Thinis

Bishops of Palai (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt (62)
(2004.03.18 – ...)

Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2004.03.18 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil (92)
(1981.02.06 – 2004.03.18)

Bishop emeritus of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Titular Bishop of Abydus (1973.06.16 – 1981.02.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1973.06.16 – 1981.02.06)

Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1981.02.06 – 2004.03.18)

Bishop Sebastian Vayalil
(1950.07.25 – 1981)

Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1950.07.25 – 1981)

as of 2019.09.28