St. Raphael's Syro-Malabar Catholic Cathedral Church or St. Raphael Cathedral is an Eastern Catholic church in

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

district,

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. It is the

cathedral church A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral ...

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat The Eparchy of Palghat is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, centred on the town of Palakkad in the state of Kerala, in South India. It is a suffragan bishopric of the Archdiocese of Trichur. The current bishop is Peter Kochupurack ...

(''Eparchia Palghatensis''), created in 1974 through the bull "Apostolico requirente" of Pope Paul VI. The patron of the church is St. Raphael. Fr. Joshy Pullikkottil is the current

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of the church, which is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop of Palghat, currently Mar

Jacob Manathodath Jacob Manathodath (; born 22 February 1947) is a former Bishop of Palghat. Briefly he also served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam, India. Biography Jacob Manathodath was born on 22 February 1947 in Kodamthuruthu, ...

Religious organisations working under the parish

*Thirubalasakyam *CLC *KCYM *Mathrusangam *Vincent De Paul *Franciscan 3rd Order

Institutions under the parish

*St. Raphael's Cathedral School (CBSE)

Sisters from the parish

Priests from the parish

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Raphael's Cathedral, Palakkad Syro-Malabar Catholic cathedrals Churches in Palakkad district Eastern Catholic cathedrals in Kerala 1974 establishments in Kerala Churches completed in 1974