Suffragan diocese Dharmapuri, India
Diocese of Dharmapuri
Dharmapurien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1997
- Catholics
- 56,162
- Priests
- 121
- Territory
- 9,641 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Antony's ChurchBommidiView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchSundampattyView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchUthangaraiView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchKethanahalliView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchKovilurView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchVeppampattiView parish
- St. John De Britto ChurchSesurajapuramView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchKathampallamView parish
- St. Lourde's ChurchSollepuramView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchKadagathurView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchAdaikalapuramView parish
- St. Paul the Hermit ChurchDinnurView parish
- St. Sebastian's ChurchPoolapattiView parish
- St. Teresa of Child Jesus ChurchPushpagiriView parish
- St. Teresa of Child Jesus ChurchDivine Nagar (Hosur)View parish
- St. Xavier's ChurchKembathpalliView parish
- Vinnarasi Annai ChurchGopasandhiramView parish
- Vinnarasi Madha ChurchKandikuppamView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
- Born
- 14 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Chennai
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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.
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.