Archdiocese of Madurai

Madhuraien(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Madurai, India

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Tamil Nadu, India. Established as the Diocese of Madura on 8 January 1938 and promoted to a metropolitan archdiocese on 9 September 1953. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral (Our Lady of Dolours) in Madurai; its suffragans are Dindigul, Kottar, Kuzhithurai, Palayamkottai, Sivagangai, Tiruchirapalli, and Tuticorin.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 19 September 1953
Latin: Madhuraien(sis)
Patron: St John de Brito
Annuario code: 001002102

The see in figures

Catholics: 145,000
Population: 2,068,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 7.0%
Priests: 343
Catholics per priest: 423
Extent: 8,910 km²
Catholics per km²: 16

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

Archbishop: Antonysamy Savarimuthu
Born: 8 December 1960
Birthplace: Vadakku Vandanam

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 (Our Lady of Dolours), Madurai stands in Madurai, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

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.