Diocese of Vellore
Velloren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vellore, India
Latin-rite diocese in northern Tamil Nadu, India, erected 13 November 1952 from the Archdiocese of Madras. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, seated at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Vellore.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 November 1952
- Latin
- Velloren(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001000082
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 168,980
- Population
- 10,363,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 224
- Catholics per priest
- 754
- Extent
- 12,265 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Ambrose Pitchamuthu
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
Cathedral of the Assumption, Vellore stands in Vellore, 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 OotacamundOotacamund
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Vellore (Latin: Velloren(sis)) is a diocese seated in the city of Vellore, within the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. As of 2017 its territory held a population of 6.5 million people, with Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu as the main languages spoken.
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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.