Diocese of Coimbatore
Coimbaturen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Coimbatore, India
The Diocese of Coimbatore is a Latin rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected as a diocese in 1886 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore. Its seat is St Michael's Cathedral in Coimbatore.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Latin
- Coimbaturen(sis)
- Patron
- St Michael the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001001187
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 258,600
- Population
- 12,124,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.1%
- Priests
- 146
- Catholics per priest
- 1,771
- Extent
- 28,490 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thomas Aquinas Lephonse
- Born
- 6 March 1953
- Birthplace
- Pillaithope
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Michael's Cathedral, Coimbatore stands in Coimbatore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Madras and Mylapore
A suffragan of Madras and Mylapore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)Chennai
- Diocese of ChingleputChengalpattu
- Diocese of OotacamundOotacamund
- Diocese of VelloreVellore
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Coimbatore in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore (Latin: Coimbaturen(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.