Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calicut
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Short description|Roman Catholic archdiocese in Kerala, India}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archdiocese
|name = Calicut
|latin = Archdioecesis Calicutensis
|local = കോഴിക്കോട് അതിരൂപത
|country = India
|metropolitan =
|province =
|denomination = Catholic Church
|sui_iuris_church = Latin Church
|rite = Roman Rite
|cathedral = Mother of God Cathedral in Kozhikode
|cocathedral =
|patron = St Francis Xavier
|parishes = 41
|area_km2 = 12,505
|population = 10,061,127
|population_as_of = 2006
|catholics = 38,092
|catholics_percent= 0.4
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop =
|metro_archbishop = Varghese Chakkalakal
|coadjutor =
|vicar_general = Jenson Puthenveettil
|auxiliary_bishops=
|emeritus_bishops =
|website = [http://www.calicutdiocese.org/index.php Website of the Diocese]
|image=Mother of God (Mater Dei) Cathedral, Calicut.jpg|caption=Mother of God Cathedral, Calicut}}
The Archdiocese of Calicut ({{langx|la|Archdioecesis Calicuten(sis)}}) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical province or metropolitan archdiocese in India. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its suffragan dioceses are the Kannur and Sulthanpet.{{Cite web |last=ccbi |first=Editor |date=2025-04-12 |title=Calicut Elevated as Archdiocese; Bishop Varghese Named First Archbishop |url=https://ccbi.in/calicut-elevated-as-archdiocese-bishop-varghese-named-first-archbishop/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=CCBI |language=en-US}}
Its cathedral is Mother of God Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady, in the episcopal see of Kozhikode (Calicut).
Statistics
{{As of|2015}}, it pastorally served 48,250 Catholics (0.6% of 8,059,057 total population) on 8,036 km² in 41 parishes and 3 missions with 132 priests (57 diocesan, 75 religious), 837 lay religious (127 brothers, 710 sisters) and 12 seminarians.
History
- 12 June 1923: Established as Diocese of Calicut on territories split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore, Diocese of Mangalore and Diocese of Mysore
- On 1949 it gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry{{fact|date=May 2021}}
- Lost territories repeatedly: on 31 December 1953 to establish Diocese of Tellicherry, on 1998.11.05 to establish Diocese of Kannur, on 28 December 2013 to establish Diocese of Sultanpet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.catholica.va%2Fnews_services%2Fbulletin%2Fnews%2F29197.php%3Findex%3D29197%26lang%3Den|title = Web Translator}}http://www.news.va/en/news/other-pontifical-acts-171 {{dead link|date=August 2019}}
- On 12 April 2025, the Diocese of Calicut was elevated to the status of an archdiocese by Pope Francis. Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, who had been serving as the diocesan bishop, was appointed as the first Metropolitan Archbishop of the newly formed Archdiocese.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-12 |title=കോഴിക്കോട് അതിരൂപതയായി ഉയർത്തപ്പെട്ടു, ആർച്ചുബിഷപ്പ് അഭിവന്ദ്യ വർഗ്ഗീസ് ചക്കാലക്കൽ! - Vatican News |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/ml/pope/news/2025-04/pope-raises-kozhikode-diocees-to-archdiocese-archbishop-varghese.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=www.vaticannews.va |language=ml}}
Ordinaries
=Bishops<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calicut (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclct.html |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>=
- Paul Carlo Perini (1923 – 1932)
- Leone Proserpio (1932 – 1948)
- Aldo Maria Patroni (1948 – 1980)
- Maxwell Valentine Noronha (1980 – 2002)
- Joseph Kalathiparambil (2002 – 2011)
- Varghese Chakkalakal (2011 – 2025)
= Archbishops =
- Varghese Chakkalakal (2025 – present)
References
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Sources and External links
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cali1.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite HQ picture - data for all sections] Wikipedia:SPS
- [http://www.calicutdiocese.com/ diocesan website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613093807/http://calicutdiocese.com/ |date=13 June 2020 }}
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclct.html Catholic Hierarchy] Wikipedia:SPS
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Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in India
Religious organizations established in 1923
Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century