Diocese of Kottar
Kottaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kottar, India
Latin-rite diocese in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madurai. Erected 26 May 1930, separated from the Diocese of Quilon. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Kottar, Nagercoil.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 May 1930
- Latin
- Kottaren(sis)
- Patron
- St Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001900
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 307,174
- Population
- 734,354
- Catholic share
- 41.8%
- Priests
- 210
- Catholics per priest
- 1,463
- Extent
- 715 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 430
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
- Nazarene Soosai
- Born
- 13 April 1963
- Birthplace
- Rajakkalamngalamthurai
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
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar, Nagercoil stands in Kottar, 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 Madurai
A suffragan of Madurai.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaduraiMadurai
- Diocese of DindigulDindigul
- Diocese of KuzhithuraiKuzhithurai
- Diocese of PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai
- Diocese of SivagangaiSivagangai
- Diocese of TiruchirapalliTiruchirapalli
- Diocese of TuticorinTuticorin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].