Diocese of Sultanpet, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sultanpet (English) / Sultanpeten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Calicut

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kottapuram (↙), Calicut (↖), Coimbatore (↗)

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2013.12.28: Established as Diocese of Sultanpet (English) / Sultanpeten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Calicut and Diocese of Coimbatore and became suffragan of Verapoly)
2025.04.12: Became suffragan of Calicut

Bishop (2013.12.28 – ...):

Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy (74)

Bishops of Sultanpet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy (74)
(2013.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of Sultanpet (India)

Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India) (1979.05.01 – 2013.12.28)

Bishop of Sultanpet (India) (2013.12.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India) (2021.01.27 – 2022.03.19)

Area: 4,482 km²

Population: 34,800 Catholics (1.2% of 3,024,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 55 priests (24 diocesan, 31 religious), 140 religious (32 brothers, 108 sisters), 6 seminarians