List of cathedrals in India

A cathedral (from the Greek kathedra (καθέδρα), seat, bench, chair) is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop,[1] thus serving as the central church of a diocese.The biggest Cathedral In India is Medak Cathedral under Church of south India. It is the biggest Anglican cathedral in Asia.

This is the list of cathedrals in India sorted by denomination.

Catholic Church

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Agra
St. Mary's Co-cathedral in Chennai
St. Mary's Cathedral in Madurai
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Nagpur
St. Francis Assisi Cathedral of Verapoly
St. Mary's Cathedral in Trivandrum

Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in India:[2]

St. Mary's Cathedral in Tiruchirapalli

Ecclesiastical Province of Agra

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore

Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal

Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay

Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta

Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi

Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar

Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman

  • Se Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
    • Cathedral of Bom Jesus, Daman in Daman former cathedral of the Diocese of Daman, now in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
    • Cathedral of Our Lady of Miracles in Sawantwadi of the Diocese of Sindhudurg

Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati

Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad

Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal

Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore

Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai

Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur

Ecclesiastical Province of Patna

Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur

Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi

Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong

Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram

Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly

Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam

Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly

Province of Changanassery

Province of Tellicherry

Province of Thrissur

Archdiocese of Kottayam

Directly under the Holy See

Province of Trivandrum

Province of Tiruvalla

Directly under the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

Directly under the Holy See

Anglican

Epiphany Cathedral, Dornakal

Church of South India

Cathedrals of the Church of South India:

Church of North India

Cathedrals of the Church of North India:

Oriental Orthodox

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Cathedrals of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church:

Angamaly Diocese

  • Mount Sinai Mar Baselios Catholicate Cathedral, Kothamangalam, Cathedral of the Metropolitan of Angamali Diocese(Diocean Headquarters)
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Sonooro Cathedral, Angamaly, Kerala, Cathedral of the bishop of Angamaly Region
  • Mor Saboor Afroth Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Akaparambu, Kerala,
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Morakkala, Pallikkara, Kerala, Cathedral of Pallikkara Region
  • Bethel Sulokho Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Perumbavoor, Kerala
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kuruppampady, Cathedral of the bishop of Perumbavoor Region
  • St Thomas Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Mazhuvannoor,
  • Mathamariyam Jacobite Syrian Cathedral Valiyapally, Kothamangalam, Kerala, Cathedral of the bishop of Kothamangalam Region
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Karakkunnam, Kerala, Cathedral of the bishop of Muvattupuzha Region
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Nercha Cathedral, Rakkad, Kerala
  • St George Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Adimali, Cathedral of the bishop of Highrange Region

Kandanad Diocese

  • St George Cathedral, Kadakkanad (Diocesan Headquarters), Cathedral of the metropolitan of Kandanad.
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kandanad, Kerala, Mother Parish of the diocese Kandanad Region)
  • St Mary's Rajadhiraja Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Piravom, Kerala one of the oldest Christian church in the world
  • St.Peter's & St.Paul's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Neeramukal

Kochi Diocese

Kottayam, Idukki Dioceses

Simhasa Churches

  • St Mary's Sonoro Cathedral, Elamkulam, Kerala of Ernakulam Region
  • St:Peter's Jacobite Syrian Simhasana Cathedral, Thiruvananthapuram of Thiruvananthapuram Region
  • Mor Ignatius Cathedral, Manjinikkara of Manjinikkara Region
  • St Ignatius Cathedral, Puthenangady of Kottayam Region

Knanaya Diocese

  • Knanaya St Johns Cathedral, Chingavanam, Kerala. Cathedral of the Archbishop of the knanaya archdiocese

North Kerala (Malabar, Kozhikode and Thrissur)

  • St Peter's & St Paul's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Meenangadi, Cathedral of the metropolitan of Malabar.
  • St George Jacobite Syrian Patriarchal Cathedral Pulpally
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral Calicut.Cathedral of the bishop of Calicut.

South Kerala (Niranam, Thumbamon and Kollam)

  • St George Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kavumbhagam, Kerala (Niranam Diocese Diocean Headquarters Cathedral of the metropolitan of niranam.
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kundara.
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Pathanamthitta (Thumbamon Diocean Headquarters)Cathedral of the metropolitan of Thumbamon
  • St Thomas Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Manthalir.
  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral, Vallikodu Kottayam, Pathanamthitta (Thumpamon Diocese)

Outside Kerala (Bangalore, Delhi, Mylapore, Mangalore, Mumbai)

  • St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Bangalore
  • St Peter's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, New Delhi
  • St Gregorios Jacobite Cathedral, Mettuguda, Hyderabad
  • St Antony's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Jeppu, Mangalore, Karnataka

Evangalical Association

  • St George Jacobite Cathedral, Pulpally

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Cathedrals of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church:

In Kerala

  • Kadeesa Orthodox Cathedral, Kayamkulam, Kerala of Mavelikkara diocese
  • Mar Elia Cathedral, Kottayam, Kerala of Kottayam Central Diocese
  • St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Kunnakurady, Kerala of Angamaly Diocese
  • St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Kozhikode, Kerala of Malabar Diocese
  • St. George Orthodox Cathedral, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala of Trivandrum diocese
  • St. Ignatius Orthodox Cathedral, Chengannur, Kerala of Chengannur diocese
  • St. Ignatius Orthodox Cathedral, Thrissur, Kerala of Thrissur diocese
  • St. Ignatious Orthodox Cathedral, Kaipatoor, Kerala of Thumpamon diocese
  • St. John's Orthodox Cathedral, Pampady, Kerala of Kottayan diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Mulakulam, Kerala of Kandanad West diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Kandanad, Kerala of Kandanad West diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Puthencavu, of Chengannur diocese, Kerala
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Puthiyakavu, Kerala of Mavelikkara diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Niranam, Kerala of Niranam diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Sulthanbathery, Kerala of Sultan Bathery diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Thumpamon, Kerala of Thumpamon diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Ernakulam, Kerala of Kochi diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Pazhanji, Kerala of Kunnamkulam diocese
  • St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Arathat, Kerala of Kunnamkulam diocese
  • St. Stephens Orthodox Cathedral,[(Makkamkunnu, Pathanamthitta)], Kerala, Thumpamon Diocese
  • St. Stephen's Orthodox Cathedral, Kudassanad, Kerala of Chengannur diocese
  • St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kadampanad, Kerala of Adoor-Kadampanad diocese
  • St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kannamkode, Adoor, Kerala of Adoor-Kadampanad diocese
  • St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kungiripetty, Kerala of Idukki diocese
  • St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Kollam, Kerala of Kollam Diocese
  • St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Karthikappally, Kerala of Mavelikkara diocese
  • St. Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Muvattupuzha, Kerala of Kandanad East diocese
  • St Thomas Orthodox Cathedral, Thottomon, Ranny, Kerala of Nilackal diocese

Outside Kerala

See also

References

  1. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, ISBN 0-19-860575-7
  2. GCatholic.org: Cathedrals India
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