Diocese of Kottar

Kottaren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kottar, India

Latin-rite diocese in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madurai. Erected 26 May 1930, separated from the Diocese of Quilon. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Kottar, Nagercoil.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 26 May 1930
Latin: Kottaren(sis)
Patron: St Francis Xavier
Annuario code: 001001900

The see in figures

Catholics: 307,174
Population: 734,354
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 41.8%
Priests: 210
Catholics per priest: 1,463
Extent: 715 km²
Catholics per km²: 430

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: Nazarene Soosai
Born: 13 April 1963
Birthplace: Rajakkalamngalamthurai

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 Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar, Nagercoil stands in Kottar, 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 Madurai

A suffragan of Madurai.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.