List of basilicas in India

This is the complete list of all the Basilicas in India. With 35 Indian churches officially designated as basilicas by the Holy See of the Catholic Church, India is the country with the most basilicas in Asia. The Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa is the first church in India to be designated as a basilica, decreed by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Every pope since then has raised at least one Indian church to the status of a basilica, except Pope John Paul I, owing to his brief reign.

The southern tip of India (states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the union territory of Puducherry) possesses 24 of the country's 35 basilicas. The above map depicts the locations of the 11 basilicas in the remaining India.

The Basilica is a title given to certain Catholic churches. By canon law of the church, no church can be honoured with the title unless by an apostolic grant or from immemorial custom.[1] The title is bestowed upon churches that are considered culturally significant, functioning as an important place of pilgrimage or for a specific devotion, such as to a saint or a Marian apparition. Basilicas in this canonical sense are divided into major ("greater") and minor basilicas. Today, only four churches, all in Rome, are classified as major basilicas: St. John Lateran, St. Peter, St, Paul outside the Walls, and St. Mary Major. The other canonical basilicas, including all the 35 basilicas in India, are minor basilicas.

A vast majority of India's basilicas are located in South India. Twenty-nine basilicas belong to the Latin Church, five to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and one to the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Amongst the states of India, Kerala hosts the highest number of basilicas at 12, containing all of the six non-Latin basilicas, while Tamil Nadu ranks second with 10 basilicas, followed by Karnataka with four and the union territory of Pondicherry with two. All the remaining basilicas are the only ones in their respective states or union territories. Amongst the districts of India, Kerala's Ernakulam district has the most basilicas (6); Kerala's Alappuzha district, and Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi and Chennai districts all rank second with two basilicas each. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly and the Syro Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly are the only catholic jurisdictions of India to host multiple basilicas (2 each).

Twenty-four of the basilicas are dedicated to Saint Mary. Three basilicas are dedicated to the Marian title Our Lady of Good Health,[note 1] followed by Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Snows, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Graces and Assumption of Mary, all of which have two basilicas each. Our Lady of Dolours, Our Lady of Ransom, Our Lady of Peace, Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Divine Motherhood have one basilica each. Saint Thomas the Apostle is the patron of two basilicas, both in Chennai—one being the place of his martyrdom and the other his burial. Saints Joseph, Andrew the Apostle, Sebastian, Lawrence, George, Anthony of Padua, Teresa of Avila, and John de Britto each have one basilica. Pondicherry's Sacred Heart Basilica is the only basilica in Asia dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

List

Sr. No. Basilica City/Locality, District State Ecclesiastical jurisdiction Date of Designation Rite Image
1 Basilica of Bom Jesus Old Goa, Goa Velha, North Goa district Goa Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman 1946-01-11 Roman Latin
2 Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount (Mount Mary Church) Bandra, Mumbai Suburban district Maharashtra Archdiocese of Bombay 1954-10-04 Roman Latin
3 National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica (San Thome Church) Santhome, Mylapore, Chennai district Tamil Nadu Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore 1956-03-16 Roman Latin
4 Basilica of Our Lady of Graces Sardhana, Meerut district Uttar Pradesh Diocese of Meerut 1961-12-13 Roman Latin
5 Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health Velankanni, Nagapattinam district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Tanjore 1962-11-03 Roman Latin
6 St Mary's Basilica Shivajinagar, Bengaluru Urban district Karnataka Archdiocese of Bengaluru 1973-09-02 Roman Latin
7 St Mary's Cathedral Basilica Ernakulam, Kochi, Ernakulam district Kerala Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly 1974-03-20 Syro-Malabar
8 Basilica of Our Lady of Snows (Panimaya Madha Basilica) Thoothukudi, Thoothukudi district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Tuticorin 1982-07-30 Roman Latin
9 Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica (Kottepalli) Fort Cochin, Kochi, Ernakulam district Kerala Diocese of Cochin 1984-08-23 Roman Latin
10 Basilica of the Holy Rosary Bandel, Hooghly district West Bengal Archdiocese of Calcutta 1988-11-25 Roman Latin
11 Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours Thrissur, Thrissur district Kerala Archeparchy of Thrissur 1992-04-25 Syro-Malabar
12 Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes (Poondi Madha Basilica) Poondi, Thirukattupalli, Thanjavur district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Kumbakonam 1999-08-03 Roman Latin
13 Basilica of the Divine Motherhood of Our Lady Ulatu, Ranchi district Jharkhand Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi 2004-11-30 Roman Rite Latin
14 National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom Vallarpadam, Kochi, Ernakulam district Kerala Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly 2004-12-01 Roman Latin
15 Basilica of the Holy Redeemer and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Palakkarai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruchirappalli district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Tiruchirapalli 2006-10-12 Roman Latin
16 St. Mary, Queen of Peace Basilica Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram district Kerala Major Archeparchy of Thirvuvananthapuram 2008-10-13 Syro-Malankara
17 Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (St. Mary's Church) Secunderabad, Hyderabad district Telangana Archdiocese of Hyderabad 2008-11-07 Roman Latin
18 St. George's Basilica Angamaly, Ernakulam district Kerala Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly 2009-06-24 Syro-Malabar
19 St Andrew's Basilica and St. Sebastian's International Shrine Arthunkal, Cherthala,Alappuzha district Kerala Diocese of Allepey 2010-07-09 Roman Latin
20 Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Pondicherry, Puducherry district Puducherry Archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore 2011-06-24 Roman Latin
21 Basilica of Our Lady of Snows Pallippuram, Ernakulam district Kerala Diocese of Kottapuram 2012-08-27 Roman Latin
22 St. Lawrence's Basilica Attur, Karkala, Udupi district Karnataka Diocese of Udupi 2016-08-01 Roman Latin
23 St. Mary's Basilica Kalloorkadu, Champakulam, Alappuzha district Kerala Archeparchy of Changanacherry 2016-11-27 Syro-Malabar
24 Basilica of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Karumathampatti, Coimbatore district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Coimbatore 2019-07-22 Roman Latin
25 Basilica of Our Lady of Health Harihar, Davanagere district Karnataka Diocese of Shimoga 2019-09-18 Roman Latin
26 St. Anthony's Basilica Dornahalli, Mandya district Karnataka Diocese of Mysore 2019-10-17 Roman Latin
27 St. Mary's Basilica Mulagumudu, Kanyakumari district Tamil Nadu Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuzhithurai 2020-06-09 Roman Latin
28 Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph Varapuzha, Ernakulam district Kerala Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly 2020-12-11 Roman Latin
29 Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption Kamanayakkanpatti, Thoothukudi district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Palayamkottai 2023-08-15 Roman Latin
30 St. Jon de Brittos' Basilica Oriyur, Ramanathapuram district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Sivagangai 2023-12-05 Roman Latin
31 St. Teresa's Basilica Mahe, Mahe district Puducherry Archdiocese of Calicut 2023-12-21 Roman Latin
32 Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Munnar, Idukki district Kerala Diocese of Vijayapuram 2024-03-27 Roman Latin
33 Basilica of Our Lady of Divine Grace Mokama, Patna district Bihar Archdiocese of Patna 2024-04-05 Roman Latin
34 Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes Chemperi, Kannur district Kerala Archeparchy of Tellicherry 2024-04-19 Syro-Malabar
35 St. Thomas Mount National Shrine Basilica Parangimalai, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai district Tamil Nadu Diocese of Chingleput 2025-04-03 Roman Latin

Maps

Locations of the 12 basilicas across the Indian state of Kerala and the Mahe district of Puducherry:
Locations of the 11 basilicas in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Beside the Velankanni and Harihar basilicas, Our Lady of Good Health is also the patron of St. Mary's Basilica, Bengaluru.

References

  1. ^ Robert F. McNamara, Minor Basilicas in the United States
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