Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Palayamkottai / Palayamkottaien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Bishop of Palayamkottai (India)
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Bishop emeritus of Palayamkottai (India) In your name to serve and to sacrifice
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Bishop Savarinathen Iruthayaraj
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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)
Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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