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Suffragan diocese Coimbatore, India

Diocese of Coimbatore

Coimbaturen(sis)

The Diocese of Coimbatore is a Latin rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected as a diocese in 1886 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore. Its seat is St Michael's Cathedral in Coimbatore.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St Michael's Cathedral, Coimbatore, in Coimbatore, India.

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Established
1886
Catholics
258,600
Priests
146
Territory
28,490 km²

Parishes and churches

69 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Thomas Aquinas Lephonse
Born
6 March 1953
Birthplace
Pillaithope

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The cathedral

St Michael's Cathedral, Coimbatore stands in Coimbatore, 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

Based in the city of Coimbatore in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore (Latin: Coimbaturen(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore.