Diocese of Kumbakonam
Kumbakonamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kumbakonam, India
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. Established 1 September 1899 from the Archdiocese of Pondicherry. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Kumbakonam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1899
- Latin
- Kumbakonamen(sis)
- Patron
- St John de Brito
- Annuario code
- 001001916
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 195,582
- Population
- 2,605,732
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.5%
- Priests
- 261
- Catholics per priest
- 749
- Extent
- 7,823 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Jeevanandam Amalanathan
- Born
- 2 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Michaelpatti
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 Mary's Cathedral, Kumbakonam stands in Kumbakonam, 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 DharmapuriDharmapuri
- Diocese of SalemSalem
- Diocese of TanjoreTanjore
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.