Diocese of Ootacamund
Ootacamunden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ootacamund, India
Latin-rite diocese in the Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu, India, erected 3 July 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, with Sacred Heart Cathedral in Ooty as its seat and about 84,600 Catholics (2004).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1955
- Latin
- Ootacamunden(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002458
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 84,600
- Population
- 1,461,000
- Catholic share
- 5.8%
- Priests
- 148
- Catholics per priest
- 572
- Extent
- 7,312 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Arulappan Amalraj
- Born
- 4 December 1953
- Birthplace
- Attadi
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ooty stands in Ootacamund, 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 Madras and Mylapore
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)Chennai
- Diocese of ChingleputChengalpattu
- Diocese of CoimbatoreCoimbatore
- Diocese of VelloreVellore
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].