Suffragan diocese Chengalpattu, India
Diocese of Chingleput
Chingleputen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Chingleput is a Latin rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected in 2002 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Chingleput (Chengalpattu).
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 2002
- Catholics
- 126,951
- Priests
- 242
- Territory
- 1,711 km²
Parishes and churches
115 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Mary Help of Christians Church, MelrosapuramMelrosapuramView parish
- Mary Help of Christians Church, PadappaiPadappaiView parish
- Mary Help of Christians Church, PanruttiPanruttiView parish
- Mary Help of Christians Church, SendivakkamSendivakkamView parish
- Mary Help of Christians Church, ThirukazhukundramThirukazhukundramView parish
- MoovarasanpetMoovarasanpetView parish
- NanmangalamNanmangalamView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption Church, NeerpairNeerpairView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption Church, OttiyambakkamOttiyambakkamView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima Church, AthurAthurView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima Church, TambaramTambaramView parish
- Our Lady of Good Health Church, IyancheriIyancheriView parish
- Our Lady of Good Health Church, Kannagi NagarKannagi NagarView parish
- Our Lady of Good Health Church, NandambakkamNandambakkamView parish
- Our Lady of Good Health Church, SriperumbudurSriperumbudurView parish
- Our Lady of Good Health Church, ThatchoorThatchoorView parish
- Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, CheyyurCheyyurView parish
- Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, North CheyyurNorth CheyyurView parish
- Our Lady of Health Church, PalnellorePalnelloreView parish
- Our Lady of Health Church, PozhichalurPozhichalurView parish
- Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church, N.G.G.O NagarN.G.G.O NagarView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Gandhi NagarGandhi NagarView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church, MadipakkamMadipakkamView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church, MuttukaduMuttukaduView parish
- Our Lady of Miracles Church, KadapakkamKadapakkamView parish
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, CovelongCovelongView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, ThuraipakkamThuraipakkamView parish
- Our Lady of Presentation Church, SellampattidaiSellampattidaiView parish
- Our Lady of Ransom Church, DharkastDharkastView parish
- Our Lady of Ransom Church, ElapakkamElapakkamView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Anthonisamy Neethinathan
- Born
- 3 July 1955
- Birthplace
- Kakkanur
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral, Chingleput stands in Chengalpattu, 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.
History
Chingleput serves as the episcopal see of the Diocese of Chingleput (Latin: Chingleputen(sis)), a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in India. Within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, it holds the rank of suffragan.