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.
- St. Antony Church, TirusulamTirusulamView parish
- St. Antony Church, UrapakkamUrapakkamView parish
- St. Antony Church, VippeduVippeduView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi Church, WalajabadWalajabadView parish
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Madha NagarMadha NagarView parish
- St. Francis Xavier Church, PallavaramPallavaramView parish
- St. John de Britto Church, KoothavakkamKoothavakkamView parish
- St. Joseph Church, AcharapakkamAcharapakkamView parish
- St. Joseph Church, Collectorate-KancheepuramCollectorate-KancheepuramView parish
- St. Joseph Church, K.K. PudurK.K. PudurView parish
- St. Joseph Church, MelakottaiyurMelakottaiyurView parish
- St. Joseph Church, MolasurMolasurView parish
- St. Jude Church, VanuvempetVanuvempetView parish
- St. Michael Church, KolapakkamKolapakkamView parish
- St. Patrick Church, St.Thomas MountSt.Thomas MountView parish
- St. Pius X Church, PerungudiPerungudiView parish
- St. Sebastian Church, IrumbuliyurIrumbuliyurView parish
- St. Therese of Child Jesus Church, SogandiSogandiView parish
- St. Therese of Child Jesus Church, TheresapuramTheresapuramView parish
- St. Thomas Church, InjambakkamInjambakkamView parish
- St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas National ShrineSt. Thomas National ShrineView parish
- St. Thomas MountSt. Thomas MountView parish
- TTC NagarTTC NagarView parish
- UthiramerurUthiramerurView parish
- West TambaramWest TambaramView 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.