Curia
Priests
Religious Brothers
Religious Sisters
Consultors
Senate Members
Finance Committee
Project Committee
Ecclesiastical Tribunal
Superintendent of Schools

Secretary to the Bishop
Parishes & Vicariates

 
CURIA
Bishop
Name : Rt. Rev. A. Jude Paulraj D.D.
Born : 28 April 1943
Ordained as Priest: 08 December, 1968
Elected as Bishop: 23 October, 2000
Consecrated as Bishop: 08 December, 2000
Motto : In Your Name to Serve and to Sacrifice
Residence : Catholic Bishop's House
Post Box No. 108
Palayamkottai - 627 002
Tamil Nadu, South India.
Telephone : House : 0462 2522114
                Personal : 0462 2522042
Fax : 0462 2522081
E-mail : rcdiopalayamkottaia@yahoo.com
Vicar General
Name : Msgr. Dr. S. Antonysamy
Born : 08 December, 1960
Ordained as Priest : 26 April, 1987
Residence : Catholic Bishop's House
Post Box No. 108
Palayamkottai - 627 002
Tamil Nadu, South India.
Telephone : House : 0462 2522114
              Personal : 0462 2522414
                 Cell: 94433 70160
 
Chancellor
Name : Rev. Fr. Sagaya John
Born : 19 June, 1962
Ordained as Priest : 5 April, 1998
Residence : St. Mary's Seminary
Post Box No. 108
Palayamkottai - 627 002
Tamil Nadu, South India.
Telephone : House : 0 462 2578232
                 Personal : 94439 71271
Financial Administrator
Name : Rev. Fr. M. S. Antonysamy
Born : 30 May, 1965
Ordained as Priest : 07, April, 1991
Residence : Catholic Bishop's House
Post Box No. 108
Palayamkottai - 627 002
Tamil Nadu, South India.
Telephone : House : 0 462 2522114
                 Personal : 0462 2522067
 
Priests
Diocesan Priests: 70
Jesuit Priests in the Parish : 02 ; in the institution 23
Priests of Society of the Divine Word : in the Parish 01 ; in Estate 01
Priests of Order of Friars Minor (Capuchins) 02
Priests of Order of the Discalced Carmelites 02
Priests of Salesians of Don Bosco 02
Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales 01
Priest of Missionaries Schoenstatt Fathers 02
Diocesan Priests Working from Other Dioceses (not incardinated) 01
 
Religious Brothers
Brothers of Sacred Heart of Jesus 64
Brothers of Society of Jesus 07
Brothers of Saint Gabriel 03
Brothers of SVD 01
 
Religious Sisters
1) Bon Secours 04
2) Congregation of St. Louis Gonzaga (Pondicherry) 14
3) Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary (FIHM) Pondicherry 04
4) Congregation of the Immaculate Conception (CIC) 113
5) Congregation of the Servites of Mary (OSM) 39
6) Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Chavanod 08
7) Daughters of Mary Immaculate (DMI) 04
8) Franciscan Sisters of Mary (FSM) 08
9) Franciscan Sisters of Presentation of Mary (Coimbatore) 07
10) Franciscan Sisters of St. Clare
11) Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph (FSJ) 15
12) Franciscan Sisters of St. Thomas 02
13) Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) 15
14) Salesian Sisters of Mary Immaculate (SMMI) 08
15) Sisters of Daughters of Mary 02
16) Sisters of Divine Saviour (SDS) 08
17) Sisters of Mary Immaculate (SMI) 04
18) Sisters of Sacred Heart of Jesus (SSHJ) 03
19) Sisters of St. Anne of Trichirappalli (SAT) 32
20) Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo 03
21) Sisters of St. Joseph of Clunny 07
22) Society of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (JMJ) 08
23) Society of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes 03
24) St. Anne of Luzern 03
25) Daughter of Mary 02
 
Consultors
1. Msgr. Dr. S. Antonysamy (Vicar General)
2. Fr. J. Sagaya John (Chancellor)
3. Fr. M.S. Antonysamy (Procurator)
4. Fr. S. Antonyraj (Vicar Forane of Tenkasi Vicariate)
5. Fr. M.Moyeeson (Vicar Forane of Kovilpatti Vicariate)
6. Fr. Antony Cruz (Vicar Forane of Palayamkottai Vicariate)
7. Fr. M. Arul (Nominated)
 
Senate Members
Elected Members
1. Fr. 
2. Fr. 
3. Fr. 
4. Fr. 
5. Fr. 
6. Fr. 
7. Fr. 
8. Fr. 
9. Fr. 
Ex-officio Members
1. Msgr. Dr. S. Antonysamy
2. Fr. J. Sahaya John
3. Fr. M.S. Antonysamy
4. Fr. M.Moyeeson
5. Fr. S. Antonyraj
6. Fr. Antony Cruz
7. Fr. M. Arul
Nominated Members
1. Fr. Britto Vincent, Rector, 
   St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai
2. Fr. G.J. Amalan, Director, 
    Diocesan Pastoral Centre
3. Fr. Kennedy, Director, 
    Diocesan Social Service Society
 
Finance Committee
1. Msgr. Dr. S. Antonysamy
2. Fr. J. Sahaya John
3. Fr. M.S. Antonysamy
4. Mr. Jeyaraj Rayen (Auditor)
5. Mr. Clitus Babu
6. Mr. Iruthayaraj
7. Mr. Martin
 
Project Promotion Committee
1. Msgr. Dr. S. Antonysamy (Vicar General)
2. Fr. M.S. Antonysamy (Procurator)
3. Fr. J. Sahaya John (Chancellor)
4. Fr. S. Antonyraj (Vicar Forane of Tenkasi)
5. Fr. M. Moyeeson (Vicar Forane of Kovilpatti)
6. Fr. Antony Cruz (Vicar Forane of Palayamkottai)
7. Fr. G.J. Amalan (Pastoral Center Director)
8. Fr. Joseph Kennedy (Director, T.S.S.S)
9. Fr. George Arockiaraj SDB
10. Fr. Arul Ambrose
11. Fr. S.A. Annasamy
 
Ecclesiastical Tribunal
Judicial Vicar : Rev. Dr. Eric Joe
Defender of the Bond : Fr. T.A. Berchmans
Notary : Sr. Cintha SMI 
 
Superintendent of Schools
Fr. A. Peter
 
Secretary to the Bishop
Fr. Selvan
 
Parishes & Vicariates

PARISHES - Total Number of Parishes in the Diocese of Palayamkottai

01. St. Xavier's Cathedral, Palayamkottai
02. Agarakattu
03. Alangulam
04. Alavanthankulam
05. Ambasamudram
06. Avudayanur
07. Cheranmahadevi
08. Chettikulam
09. Chidambarapuram
10. Duraisamipuram
11. Iruthayakulam
12. Iruthayanagar
13. Ilayarasanendal
14. Kalugumalai
15. Kamanayakanpatti
16. Karuthapillaiyur
17. Kayathar
18. Kovilpatti
19. Maharajanagar
20. Melailandaikulam
21. Nalatinputhur
22. Nettur
23. NGO Colony (Jawaharnagar)
24. Pettai
25. Puliyangudi
26. Puliampatti
27. Sankarankovil
28. Sankarnagar
29. Sendamaram
30. Shanthinagar
31. Singamparai
32. Surandai
33. Tenkasi
34. Tirunelveli Town
35. Uthumalai
36. Vadiyur
37. Vandanam
38. Velayuthapuram
39. Vicramasingapuram (Arulagam)
40. Veeravanallur
41. Kallidaikurichi
 
VICARIATES - Diocese of Palayamkottai has been divided into three Vicariates

Vicariate of Palayamkottai
Vicar Forane: Rev.Fr.Antony Cruz

01. St. Xavier's Cathedral, Palayamkottai
02. Alangulam
03. Alavanthankulam
04. Chettikulam
05. Cheranmahadevi
06. Iruthayanagar
07. Maharajanagar
08. NGO Colony
09. Sankarnagar
10. Shanthinagar
11. Singamparai
12. Pettai
13. Tirunelveli Town
14. Veeravanallur
15. Kallidaikurichi

Vicariate of Tenkasi
Vicar Forane: Rev.Fr.S.Antonyraj

01. Tenkasi
02. Agarakattu
03. Ambasamudram
04. Avudayanur
05. Duraisamipuram
06. Iruthayakulam
07. Karuthapillaiyur
08. Nettur
09. Puliyangudi
10. Sendamaram
11. Surandai
12. Uthumalai
13. Vadiyur
14. Vicramasingapuram (Arulagam)
15. Velayuthapuram

Vicariate of Kovilpatti
Vicar Forane: Rev.Fr.M.Moyeesan

        01. Kovilpatti
        02. Chidambarapuram
        03. Ilayarasanendal
        04. Kalugumalai
        05. Kamanayakanpatti
        06. Kayathar
        07. Melailandaikulam
        08. Nalatinputhur
        09. Puliyampatty
        10. Sankarankovil
        11. Vandanam

 

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