Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Calicut / Calicuten(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Kannur, Sultanpet

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1923.06.12: Established as Diocese of Calicut / Calicuten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Coimbatore, Diocese of Mangalore and Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Bombay)
1951.02.08: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Verapoly
1953.12.31: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tellicherry
1960.01.12: Gained territory from Diocese of Mangalore
1998.11.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kannur
2013.12.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sultanpet
2025.04.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut / Calicuten(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Kannur and Sultanpet)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.04.12 – ...):

Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal (72)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Calicut (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal (72)
(2025.04.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calicut (India)

According to your will

Born:	1953.02.07 (Malapallipuram, India)
Ordained Priest:	1981.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.07

Priest of Calicut (India) (1981.04.02 – 1998.11.05)

Bishop of Kannur (India) (1998.11.05 – 2012.05.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Kannur (India) (2012.05.15 – 2014.02.01)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (2012.05.15 – 2025.04.12)

General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2013.08.17 – 2017.02.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Calicut (India) (2025.04.12 – ...)

Bishops of Calicut (Roman Rite)

Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal (72) (later Archbishop)
(2012.05.15 – 2025.04.12)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Kalathiparambil (72) (later Archbishop)
(2002.04.19 – 2011.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India)

Super omnia caritas

Born:	1952.10.06 (Vaduthala, India)
Ordained Priest:	1978.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.05.19

Priest of Verapoly (India) (1978.03.13 – 2002.04.19)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1989.07.27 – 2002.04.19)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (2002.04.19 – 2011.02.22)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (2011.02.22 – 2016.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly (India) (2016.10.31 – ...)

Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha
(1980.06.07 – 2002.04.19)

Jesus Christ father of peace

Born:	1926.02.14 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1952.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.09.07
Died:	2018.01.28 († 91)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (1980.06.07 – 2002.04.19)

Bishop Aldus Maria Patroni, S.J.
(1948.04.08 – 1980.06.07)

Born:	1904.09.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1934.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.27
Died:	1988.09.22 († 84)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (1948.04.08 – 1980.06.07)

Bishop Leone Proserpio, S.J.
(1937.12.02 – 1945.09.08)

Born:	1878.05.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1910.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.03.13
Died:	1945.09.08 († 67)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (1937.12.02 – 1945.09.08)

Bishop Paolo Charles Perini, S.J.
(1923.06.12 – 1932.06.28)

Born:	1867.01.12 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1897
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.12.04
Died:	1932.06.28 († 65)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1910.08.17 – 1923.06.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Mangalore (India) (1923 – 1928)

Bishop of Calicut (India) (1923.06.12 – 1932.06.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Mother of God Cathedral, Kozhikode, Kerala
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Theresa, Mahe, Puducherry

Kannur (↖), Mysore (↗), Ootacamund (→), Coimbatore (↘), Sultanpet (↘), Kottapuram (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,036 km²

Population: 47,050 Catholics (0.5% of 9,164,058 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes

Personnel: 138 priests (63 diocesan, 75 religious), 985 religious (195 brothers, 790 sisters), 17 seminarians