Diocese of Sivagangai
Sivagangaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sivagangai, India
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 3 July 1987 from the Archdiocese of Madurai, of which it is a suffragan. It covers the Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram districts and is seated at Alangara Annai Cathedral in Sivagangai; St John de Britto was martyred in its territory in 1693.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1987
- Latin
- Sivagangaien(sis)
- Patron
- St John de Britto
- Annuario code
- 001003075
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 182,150
- Population
- 3,123,623
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.8%
- Priests
- 177
- Catholics per priest
- 1,029
- Extent
- 8,353 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Lourdu Anandam
- Born
- 15 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Thiruvarangam
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
Alangara Annai Cathedral, Sivagangai stands in Sivagangai, 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 Archdiocese of Madurai.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaduraiMadurai
- Diocese of DindigulDindigul
- Diocese of KottarKottar
- Diocese of KuzhithuraiKuzhithurai
- Diocese of PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai
- 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.