KARENKADU

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuzhithurai is a diocese located in Tamil Nadu . It was erected on 22 December 2014 by Pope Francis  with territory taken from the Diocese of Kottar . He appointed Fr. Jerome Dhas Varuvel as the first bishop of the diocese.
Bifurcation of the diocese of Kottar had been a long-standing demand of the people of the region. 100 Parishes from Thiruthuvapuram and Mulagumoodu vicariates of Kottar diocese were put under the administrative control of Kuzhithurai diocese.  Prior to this bifurcation, Kottar diocese had been one of the largest in India with over 500000 Catholics

KARENKADU (1778) : Church of St. Aloysius Gonzaga

MULAGUMOODU (1860) : Church of Our Lady of Nativity

MANKUZHY (1906) : Church of St. Francis Xavier

MATHIRAVILAI (1906) : Church of Our Lady of Assumption

PUTHENKADAI (1908) : Church of St. James

MULLANGANAVILAI (1912) : Church of St.Antony

MANALIKARAI (1913) : Church of St. Joseph

MADATHATTUVLIAI (1918) : Church of St. Sebastian

PUTHUKADAI (1920) : Church of Our Lady of Assumption

THIRITHUVAPURAM (1920) : Church of the Most Holy Trinity

VAVARAI (1924) : Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

CHERUVALLOOR (1930) : Church of St. Michael Archangel

KULASEKHARAM (1931) : Church of St. Augustine

PALLIYADY (1931) : Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

PACKIAPURAM (1936) : Church of St. Eusthachius

SILUVAIPURAM (1936) : Church of St.John of the Cross

CHEMPARUTHIVILAI (1939) : Church of St. Antony of Padua

KANDANVILAI (1944) : Church of St.Therese of Child Jesus

VENCODE (1949) : Church of St. Francis Xavier

KADAYAL (1952) : Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

KALKURICHY (1954) : Church of St.Joseph

KAPPUKAD (1955) : Church of St.Antony

POOTTETTY (1956) : Church of St. Antony of Pauda

AMSI (1958) : Church of the Imm. Heart of Mary

PACODE (1959) : Church of the Sacred Heart

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