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
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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.
- St Theresas Church KolapalurTown not recordedView parish
- St Theresas RC Church KarurTown not recordedView parish
- St Xaviers Church PuckklipalayamTown not recordedMass times recorded
- St. Benedict Church, Aasir PuramTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary Magdalene Church, KaramadaiTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas (R.C.) Church, AvinashiTown not recordedView parish
- Sts Peter and Paul Church MadathukulamTown not recordedView parish
- The Holy Trinity church SidcoTown not recordedView parish
- Velankanni Church PalladamTown not recordedView parish
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.