Suffragan diocese Coimbatore, India
Diocese of Coimbatore
Coimbaturen(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- St Antonys church PuliampattyTown not recordedView parish
- St Antonys Church VadavelliTown not recordedView parish
- St Antonys Church VelayathampalayamTown not recordedView parish
- St Catherines Church TiruppurTown not recordedView parish
- St Francis of Assisi Church GanapathyTown not recordedView parish
- St Francis Xavier Church AravakurchiTown not recordedView parish
- St Francis Xavier Church SowripalayamTown not recordedView parish
- St Ignatius Church SomanurTown not recordedView parish
- St Ignatius RC Church AkkaraikodiveryTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St John Bosco Church GoundampalayamTown not recordedView parish
- St John Britto Church RS PuramTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph Church Kumar NagarTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Joseph Church PodanurTown not recordedView parish
- St Joseph RC Church OndipudurTown not recordedView parish
- St Josephs ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St Josephs Church Sholayar NagarTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Judes RC Church NGGOs ColonyTown not recordedView parish
- St Lourdes Church LourdhupuramTown not recordedView parish
- St Mary's Church MariapuramTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Mary's Church PallapalayamTown not recordedView parish
- St Marys Church ErodeTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Marys Church SirumugaiTown not recordedView parish
- St Marys Church UdumalpetTown not recordedView parish
- St Maximillian Kolpe Church VisuvasapuramTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Pauls RC Church RathinapuriTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St Pauls the Hermit Church IyerpadyTown not recordedView parish
- St Peter and Paul Church ValipalayamTown not recordedView parish
- St Pius X Church MadukkariTown not recordedView parish
- St Sebastian Church, Civil AerodrameTown not recordedView parish
- St Theresa Church OK MandapamTown not recordedMass times 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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.