Diocese of

Palayamkottai

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 6,103 km²

Population: 135,257 Catholics (3.9% of 3,436,450 total) (2020)

Statistics: 56 parishes, 1 mission, 143 priests (86 diocesan, 57 religious), 537 lay religious (162 brothers, 375 sisters), 13 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai

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

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

Bishop (2019.11.20 – ...):

Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu (61)

Bishops of Palayamkottai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu (61)
(2019.11.20 – ...)

Bishop of Palayamkottai (India)

Bishop of Palayamkottai (India) (2019.11.20 – ...)

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.29 – 2019.11.20)

Bishop Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj (79)
(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 2022.06.30