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.

Bom Jesus

Our Lady of Assumption

St. Lawrence

Our Lady of Health

St. Anthony's

Our Lady of Divine Grace

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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
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