Diocese of Kuzhithurai
Kuzhithuraien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kuzhithurai, India
Latin-rite diocese in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madurai. Created 22 December 2014 by Pope Francis through bifurcation of the Diocese of Kottar. Its seat is Holy Trinity Cathedral, Thirithuvapuram.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 2014
- Latin
- Kuzhithuraien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001923
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 364,222
- Population
- 855,485
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 42.6%
- Priests
- 131
- Catholics per priest
- 2,780
- Extent
- 915 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 398
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
- Albert George Alexander Anastas
- Born
- 16 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Manavilai
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
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Thirithuvapuram stands in Kuzhithurai, 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:
- Archdiocese of MaduraiMadurai
- Diocese of DindigulDindigul
- Diocese of KottarKottar
- Diocese of PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai
- Diocese of SivagangaiSivagangai
- Diocese of TiruchirapalliTiruchirapalli
- Diocese of TuticorinTuticorin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.