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.
- Our Lady of Snows Church, IyyappanthangalIyyappanthangalView parish
- Our Lady of Victories Church, OngurOngurView parish
- PalliagaramPalliagaramView parish
- PappanallurPappanallurView parish
- PerungozhiPerungozhiView parish
- Rajaji NagarRajaji NagarView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, OragadamOragadamView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, PathurPathurView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, Porur - NugumbalPorur - NugumbalView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, SengatturSengatturView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, ValarpuramValarpuramView parish
- Sacred Heart Church, VedanthangalVedanthangalView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Valan NagarValan NagarView parish
- SadrasSadrasView parish
- Sahaya Matha Church, MedavakkamMedavakkamView parish
- SanthoshapuramSanthoshapuramView parish
- SelaiyurSelaiyurView parish
- Ss. Joachim and Anne Church, VettuvankeniVettuvankeniView parish
- St. Antony Church, AlandurAlandurView parish
- St. Antony Church, EraiyurEraiyurView parish
- St. Antony Church, KamarajapuramKamarajapuramView parish
- St. Antony Church, MaduranthagamMaduranthagamView parish
- St. Antony Church, MalligapuramMalligapuramView parish
- St. Antony Church, ManapakkamManapakkamView parish
- St. Antony Church, Maraimalai NagarMaraimalai NagarView parish
- St. Antony Church, OttanthangalOttanthangalView parish
- St. Antony Church, PalavakkamPalavakkamView parish
- St. Antony Church, R.PalayamR.PalayamView parish
- St. Antony Church, SithalapakkamSithalapakkamView parish
- St. Antony Church, ThandalamThandalamView 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.