Diocese of Dharmapuri
Dharmapurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dharmapuri, India
The Diocese of Dharmapuri is a Latin rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected in 1997 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. Its seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Dharmapuri.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 1997
- Latin
- Dharmapurien(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001295
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 56,162
- Population
- 3,450,894
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 121
- Catholics per priest
- 464
- Extent
- 9,641 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.8
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
- Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
- Born
- 14 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Chennai
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dharmapuri stands in Dharmapuri, 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 Pondicherry and Cuddalore
A suffragan of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Pondicherry and CuddalorePuducherry
- Diocese of KumbakonamKumbakonam
- Diocese of SalemSalem
- Diocese of TanjoreTanjore
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, the Diocese of Dharmapuri (Latin: Dharmapurien(sis)) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church centered on the city of Dharmapuri, India. Its pastoral care extends over the political region of Dharmapuri district and Krishnagiri district.
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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.