Diocese of Ootacamund
Ootacamunden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ootacamund, India
Latin-rite diocese in the Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu, India, erected 3 July 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, with Sacred Heart Cathedral in Ooty as its seat and about 84,600 Catholics (2004).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1955
- Latin
- Ootacamunden(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002458
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 84,600
- Population
- 1,461,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.8%
- Priests
- 148
- Catholics per priest
- 572
- Extent
- 7,312 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Arulappan Amalraj
- Born
- 4 December 1953
- Birthplace
- Attadi
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, Ooty stands in Ootacamund, 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 Madras and Mylapore
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)Chennai
- Diocese of ChingleputChengalpattu
- Diocese of CoimbatoreCoimbatore
- Diocese of VelloreVellore
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.