Diocese of Salem
Salemen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Salem, India
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 26 May 1930 from parts of the Dioceses of Kumbakonam and Mysore and the Archdiocese of Pondicherry. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, its seat is the Cathedral of the Infant Jesus in Salem, with St. Mary's Co-Cathedral at Shevapet, serving about 88,600 Catholics (2010).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 May 1930
- Latin
- Salemen(sis)
- Patron
- Infant Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002846
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 88,576
- Population
- 5,687,860
- Catholic share
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 141
- Catholics per priest
- 628
- Extent
- 8,368 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Arulselvam Rayappan
- Born
- 18 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Sathipattu
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
Cathedral of the Infant Jesus, Salem stands in Salem, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Mary's Co-Cathedral, Shevapet.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Pondicherry and CuddalorePuducherry
- Diocese of DharmapuriDharmapuri
- Diocese of KumbakonamKumbakonam
- Diocese of TanjoreTanjore
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Salem serves as the episcopal see of this Latin Church diocese in India (Latin: Salemen(sis)). Within the Catholic Church's structure it is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, in whose ecclesiastical province it lies.
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].