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Suffragan diocese Port Blair, India

Diocese of Port Blair

Portus Blairen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese covering the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, erected 22 June 1984 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Its seat is Stella Maris Cathedral in Port Blair, serving about 39,900 Catholics (2017), roughly 8.5% of the islands' population.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Stella Maris Cathedral, Port Blair, in Port Blair, India.

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Established
1984
Catholics
39,935
Priests
48
Territory
8,249 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Visuvasam Selvaraj
Born
4 January 1966
Birthplace
Raja Annamalaipuram

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The cathedral

Stella Maris Cathedral, Port Blair stands in Port Blair, 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

Port Blair gives its name to this diocese (Latin: Portus Blairen(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India and has its seat in the city of Port Blair.