The new diocese of Sultanpet, include the civil district of Palakkad in the state of Kerala, is bordered by the dioceses of Coimbatore and Calicut. It is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Verapoly.
The new Diocese of Sultanpet has an area of 4466 km and has a population 4,260,435, among whom 30,975 are Catholics. It is comprised of 21 parishes, 14 diocesan priests, 18 religious priests, 9 religious men, and 102 religious sisters. It has 21 schools, 12 hospitals.