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Metropolitan see Madurai, India

Archdiocese of Madurai

Madhuraien(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St Mary's Cathedral (Our Lady of Dolours), Madurai, in Madurai, India.

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Established
1938
Catholics
145,000
Priests
343
Territory
8,910 km²

Parishes and churches

26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Antonysamy Savarimuthu
Born
8 December 1960
Birthplace
Vadakku Vandanam

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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.