Diocese of Dharmapuri
Dharmapurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dharmapuri, India
The Diocese of Dharmapuri is a Latin rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected in 1997 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. Its seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Dharmapuri.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 January 1997
- Latin
- Dharmapurien(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001295
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 56,162
- Population
- 3,450,894
- Catholic share
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 121
- Catholics per priest
- 464
- Extent
- 9,641 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.8
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
- Born
- 14 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Chennai
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dharmapuri stands in Dharmapuri, 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.
The province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
A suffragan of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Pondicherry and CuddalorePuducherry
- Diocese of KumbakonamKumbakonam
- Diocese of SalemSalem
- Diocese of TanjoreTanjore
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, the Diocese of Dharmapuri (Latin: Dharmapurien(sis)) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church centered on the city of Dharmapuri, India. Its pastoral care extends over the political region of Dharmapuri district and Krishnagiri district.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].