Diocese of Tanjore
Tanioren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tanjore, India
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 13 November 1952 from the Diocese of Sao Tome of Meliapore. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Thanjavur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 November 1952
- Latin
- Tanioren(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003166
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 260,800
- Population
- 4,223,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 6.2%
- Priests
- 258
- Catholics per priest
- 1,011
- Extent
- 9,583 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Sagayaraj Thamburaj
- Born
- 14 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Ayyampatty
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, Thanjavur stands in Tanjore, 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 Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Pondicherry and CuddalorePuducherry
- Diocese of DharmapuriDharmapuri
- Diocese of KumbakonamKumbakonam
- Diocese of SalemSalem
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tanjore, also known as Thanjavur, is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Tanioren(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore in India.
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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.