Archdiocese of Madurai
Madhuraien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Madurai, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Tamil Nadu, India. Established as the Diocese of Madura on 8 January 1938 and promoted to a metropolitan archdiocese on 9 September 1953. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral (Our Lady of Dolours) in Madurai; its suffragans are Dindigul, Kottar, Kuzhithurai, Palayamkottai, Sivagangai, Tiruchirapalli, and Tuticorin.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Madhuraien(sis)
- Patron
- St John de Brito
- Annuario code
- 001002102
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 145,000
- Population
- 2,068,000
- Catholic share
- 7.0%
- Priests
- 343
- Catholics per priest
- 423
- Extent
- 8,910 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Archbishop
- Antonysamy Savarimuthu
- Born
- 8 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Vadakku Vandanam
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 Mary's Cathedral (Our Lady of Dolours), Madurai stands in Madurai, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DindigulDindigul
- Diocese of KottarKottar
- 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].