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The cathedral of the first diocese in India.

It is believed that Christianity was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle,
who is said to have reached the Malabar Coast of Kerala in 52 AD.

Christian communities developed and expanded further when
Portuguese missionaries arrived in the 13th and 14th centuries.

History of a few oldest dioceses in India as the cradle of Indian Christianity
can be dated back to the 15th century.

Find out which is the first diocese in India here.

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Religious Congregations, Societies and Institutes

Religious Institutes of Men - Brothers

  • Brothers of Holy Cross : CSC
  • Brothers of St Patrick (Patrician Brothers) : FSP
  • Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of St Francis of Assisi :FSC
  • Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of St Francis of Assisi :CMST
  • Montfort Brothers of St Gabriel :SG
  • Sacred Heart Brothers (The Institute of the Sacred Heart) :SHJ
  • Society of Mary (Marianists) : SM
  • The Little Brothers of Jesus :LBJ
  • The Malabar Missionary Brothers : MMB

Religious Institutes of Men

  • Benedictines of Montefano (Sylvestrines) :OSB
  • Canons Regular of Premontre/Order of Premonstratensians / Norbertine Fathers : O Praem
  • Carmelites of Mary Immaculate :CMI
  • Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers) :CM
  • Clerics Regular Minor (Adorno Fathers) :CRSP
  • Congregation of Holy Cross :CSC
  • Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretian Missionaries) :CMF
  • Congregation of Rosarians : CR
  • Congregation of St John the Baptist Precursor : CSJBP
  • Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates) : OMI
  • Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) :CSsR
  • Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Passionists) :CP
  • Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary : SSSC
  • Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception : CFIC
  • Fathers and Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Betharram :SCJ
  • Little Flower Congregation :CST
  • Missionaries of Mary Immaculate :MMI
  • Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette :MS
  • Missionaries of St Francis de Sales (Fransalians) : MSFS
  • Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : MSC
  • Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary :MSSCC
  • Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament :MCBS
  • Oblates of St Francis of Sales : OSFS
  • Order of Brothers of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Carmelites) : O Carm
  • Order of Discalced Carmelites :OCD
  • Order of Friar Servants of Mary : OSM
  • Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) : OFM
  • Order of Friars Minor Capuchins :OFMCap
  • Order of St Benedict (Benedictines) :OSB
  • Order of St Camillus (Camillians) :OSC
  • Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians) :OSST
  • Order of the Pious Schools (Piarist Fathers) :SCHP
  • Pallottines Society of the Catholic Apostolate : SAC
  • Paris Foreign Mission Society : MEP
  • Poor Servants of Divine Providence :PSDP
  • Precious Blood Missionaries :CPPS
  • Salesians of Don Bosco (Society of St Francis de Sales) :SDB
  • Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers : ISCH
  • Servants of Charity :SDC
  • Society (of the Missionaries) of Our Lady of Africa :SOLA
  • Society of Jesus (Jesuits) :SJ
  • Society of Montfort Missionaries :SMM
  • Society of St Paul (Paulines) :SSP
  • Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorians) :SDS
  • Somascan Congregation (Clerics Regular of Somasca) :CRS
  • Sons of Divine Providence : FDP
  • Third Order Regular of St Francis :TOR
  • Vallombrosan Benedictines : OSB
  • Vincentian Congregation :VC

Religious Institutes of Women

  • Adorers of the Blood of Christ :ASC
  • Apostolic Carmel : AC
  • Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate :ASMI
  • Augustinian Missionary Sisters :AMS
  • Augustinian Sisters : OSA
  • Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Grace and Compassion : OSB
  • Benedictine Sisters of St Lioba :OSB
  • Bethlemite Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus :BETHL
  • Canossian Daughters of Charity :FDCC
  • Carmelite Missionaries : CM
  • Carmelite Sisters of St Teresa : CSST
  • Catechist Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Help of Christians : SMI
  • Catechist Sisters of St Ann :CSA
  • Compassionate Sisters Servants of Mary : CSM
  • Congregation of Jesus :CJ
  • Congregation of Mother of Carmel :CMC
  • Congregation of Samaritan Sisters :CSS
  • Congregation of Sisters of St Joseph of Chambery :CSJ
  • Congregation of Teresian Carmelites : CTC
  • Congregation of the Immaculate Conception : CIC
  • Congregation of the Rosarian Sisters : CR
  • Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth :CSN
  • Congregation of the Sisters of St Anne (Phirangipuram, Guntur) : CSSA
  • Congregation of the Sisters of St Anne of Tiruchirapalli : SAT
  • Congregation of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) : CSAC
  • Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul : DC
  • Daughters of Divine Providence : DDP
  • Daughters of Mary : DM
  • Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco) : FMA
  • Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy : FDM
  • Daughters of St Camillus : DSC
  • Daughters of St Francis de Sales : DSFS
  • Daughters of St Mary of Providence (Guanellians) : DSMP
  • Daughters of St Paul : FSP
  • Daughters of the Church :EF
  • Daughters of Wisdom (Montfort Sisters) : DW
  • Deena Sevana Sabha (Servants of the Poor) :DSS
  • Dominican Santa Maria of the Rosary :OP
  • Dominican Sisters of the Presentation : OP
  • Franciscan Clarist Congregation :FCC
  • Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception : FHIC
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Mary : FMM
  • Franciscan Servants of Mary : FSM
  • Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours : FBS
  • Franciscan Sisters of St Elizabeth : FSE
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate : FSI
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary : FIH
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pondicherry :FIHM
  • Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary : FSPM
  • Franciscan Sisters, Servants of the Cross : FSC
  • Fransciscan Sisters of St Aloysius De Gonzaga : FSAG
  • Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters : SSP SAP
  • Hospitaller Sisters of Mercy : HSM
  • Institute of the Foreign Missions Sisters in India :ME
  • Josephine Sisters : JS
  • Little Sisters of Jesus (of Charles de Foucauld) : LSJ
  • Little Sisters of the Poor (Petites Socures Des Pauvres) : PSDP
  • Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts : LWSH
  • Missionaries of Charity : MC
  • Missionary Sisters of Incarnation : SMI
  • Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians : MSMHC
  • Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver : SSPC
  • Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Missionary Sisters) : SAC
  • Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (Nirmala Sisters) : MSI
  • Missionary Sisters of the Queen of Apostles :SRA
  • Missionary Sisters, Servants of Holy Spirit :SSPS
  • Mother of Sorrows Servants of Mary : OSM
  • Oblate Hospitaller Franciscan Sisters : OHFS
  • Order of Discalced Carmalites : OCD
  • Order of Our Most Holy Saviour (Bridgettines) ~ :OSSS
  • Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd (Sisters of the Good Shepherd) : RGS
  • Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ : PHJC
  • Regular Franciscan Tertiary Sisters :RFTS
  • Religious of Mary Immaculate : RMI
  • Sacred Heart Congregation for Women (Kerala) : SH
  • Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate :SMMI
  • Satyaseva Catechist Sisters of the Families :SCS
  • Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary : ISSM
  • Servants of Mary : SM
  • Shanti Nilaya Benedictine Abbey, Order of St Benedict : OSB
  • Sister Disciples of the Divine Master : PDDM
  • Sisters of Charity of Nazareth : SCN
  • Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartholomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa : SCCG
  • Sisters of Charity of St Anne (Bombay) : SCHSA
  • Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul :SCV
  • Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross :SCSC
  • Sisters of Notre Dame : SND
  • Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima : FS
  • Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy : SOLM
  • Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions : RNDM
  • Sisters of Sacred Sciences :SSS
  • Sisters of St Ann of Providence : SA
  • Sisters of St Anne (Bangalore) : SAB
  • Sisters of St Charles Borromeo : SCB
  • Sisters of St Francis of Assisi : OSF
  • Sisters of St John the Baptist : CSJB
  • Sisters of St Joseph Benedict Cottolengo : SSjBC
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy : SJA
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny : SJC
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Lyons : SJL
  • Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes : SJT
  • Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod :SCC
  • Sisters of the Destitute : SD
  • Sisters of the Divine Saviour : SDS
  • Sisters of the Holy Cross Menzingen : HC
  • Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus : MSC
  • Sisters of the Poor of St Catherine of Sienna : SDP
  • Sisters of the Redemption : SR
  • Sisters of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary : SVM
  • Sisters Servants of Our Lady of Sorrows :S.o.l.s.
  • Society of Jesus Mary and Joseph : JMJ
  • Society of the Sisters of St Ann of Luzern, India : SAS
  • Society of the Sisters of St Anne (Madras) : SSA
  • St Martha : SMC
  • The Congregation of Holy Family : CHF
  • The Congregation of the Daughters of St Camillus : DSC
  • The Congregation of the Sisters of the Imitation of Christ : SIC
  • The Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary : ICM
  • The Poor Sisters Of St Clare : SSC
  • The Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament : SABS
  • The Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany : BS
  • Union of St Catherine of Sienna : MDS
  • Ursuline Franciscan Sisters :UFS
  • Ursulines of Mary Immaculate : UMI
  • Vallambrosan Benedictine Sisters : OSB

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