Metropolitan see Puducherry, India
Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Pondicherien(sis) et Cuddaloren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Tamil Nadu, India, rooted in the 18th-century Karnatic Mission, made an apostolic vicariate on 1 September 1836 and raised to an archbishopric on 1 September 1886; it took its present name in 1953. Its seat is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Pondicherry, with suffragans Dharmapuri, Kumbakonam, Salem, and Tanjore. Catholics number about 400,400 (2021).
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- Established
- 1836
- Catholics
- 400,361
- Priests
- 234
- Territory
- 15,250 km²
Parishes and churches
14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Immaculate Conception CathedralPondicherry · CathedralView parish
- Christ the King ChurchVillupuramView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchKallakurichiView parish
- Our Lady of Angels ChurchKaraikalView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ShrineVillianurView parish
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (St. Mary’s)CuddaloreView parish
- Our Lady of Refuge ChurchViriyurView parish
- Our Lady of Rosary ChurchThirukoilurView parish
- Presentation ChurchNeyveliView parish
- Sacred Heart BasilicaPuducherryView parish
- Seven Dolours ChurchTindivanamView parish
- Shrine of Our Lady of PeriyanayagiKonankuppamView parish
- St. Antony’s ShrineMelnariappanurView parish
- St. Michael’s ChurchGingeeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francis Kalist
- Born
- 4 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Kanyakumari
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The cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry stands in Puducherry, 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.
History
Serving the faithful of Pondicherry and Cuddalore in India, this Latin metropolitan see of the Catholic Church carries the Latin title Archidioecesis Pondicheriensis et Cuddalorensis.