Malabar Diocese of the Church of South India Malabar Diocese of the Church of South India The Malabar Diocese is one of the twenty-four dioceses of the Church of South India covering the Malabar part of Kerala. The diocese consists of CSI churches in the areas Kannur, Wayanad, Calicut, part of Palakkad district and church in Goa. The cathedral church of the diocese is situated at Calicut and the Bishops House at Calicut Malabar Diocese was formed by bifurcating the erstwhile North Kerala Diocese in April 2015. Malabar Diocese publishes "Sabhamitram" magazine which is the official mouthpiece of the diocese. The Church of South India (CSI) Cathedral Church
Malabar District Varam means "slope" or "side of a hill". In Northern and North-Central Kerala (including all Malabar districts except Palakkad and parts of Malappuram district), where Malabar proper is located, words that start in Southern Malayalam/Tamil with the letter "V" tend to be pronounced with the letter "B". Thus, Malabar comes from the Northern Malayalam words "Mala-Bar(am)" meaning "hillside land". The district was widely scattered and consists of the following parts:- kasaragod District Kannur District Wayanad District Kozhikode District Malappuram District Palakkad District Thrissur District The Malabar cuisine depicts it culture and heritage. It is famous for Malabar biriyani. The city