Diocese of

Palayamkottai

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 6,103 km²

Population: 138,945 Catholics (4.3% of 3,233,466 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kuzhithurai (↙), Neyyattinkara (↙), Punalur (←), Vijayapuram (↖), Madurai (↑), Tuticorin (→), Kottar (↓)

Patron Saint: St. Francis Xavier

Statistics: 51 parishes, 129 priests (73 diocesan, 56 religious), 616 lay religious (222 brothers, 394 sisters), 22 seminarians (2015)

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1973.05.17: Established as Diocese of Palayamkottai / Palayamkottaien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai)

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2018.06.29 – ...):	Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (69) Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Bishops of Palayamkottai (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.29 – ...)

Bishop Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj (75)
(2000.10.23 – 2018.07.02)

Bishop emeritus of Palayamkottai (India)

Bishop of Palayamkottai (India) (2000.10.23 – 2018.07.02)

Bishop Savarinathen Iruthayaraj
(1973.05.17 – 1999.07.15)

Bishop of Palayamkottai (India) (1973.05.17 – 1999.07.15)

as of 2018.11.07