Diocese of Palayamkottai, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Palayamkottai / Palayamkottaien(sis) (Latin)

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 and became suffragan of Madurai)

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Palayamkottai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu (65) (later Archbishop)
(2019.11.20 – 2025.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Priest of Palayamkottai (India) (1987.04.26 – 2019.11.20)

Bishop of Palayamkottai (India) (2019.11.20 – 2025.07.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Madurai (India) (2024.11.04 – 2025.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (2025.07.05 – ...)

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.29 – 2019.11.20)

Bishop Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj (82)
(2000.10.23 – 2018.07.02)

Bishop emeritus of Palayamkottai (India)

Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1968.12.08 – 2000.10.23)

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)

Area: 6,103 km²

Population: 138,469 Catholics (4.0% of 3,505,522 total)

Pastoral Centres: 56 parishes

Personnel: 137 priests (84 diocesan, 53 religious), 514 religious (139 brothers, 375 sisters), 14 seminarians