Metropolitan see Madurai, India
Archdiocese of Madurai
Madhuraien(sis)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- Amala Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Arockia Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Bl. Mother Theresa churchTown not recordedView parish
- Christ the King ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Church of Our Lady of DoloursTown not recordedView parish
- Church of Our Lady of Immaculate conceptionTown not recordedView parish
- Church of Our Lady of VeilankanniTown not recordedView parish
- Church of Our Mother of Perpetual HelpTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Redeemer’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Spirit ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Lourdhes ShrineTown not recordedView parish
- Mary Queen of PeaceTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sahaya Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Antony Maria Claret ParishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Antony’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Germaine Quasi parishTown not recordedView parish
- St. Ignatius ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. John De Britto’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Paul’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Vincent Pallotti ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.