Suffragan diocese Salem, India
Diocese of Salem
Salemen(sis)
Latin Church
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).
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1930
- Catholics
- 88,576
- Priests
- 141
- Territory
- 8,368 km²
Parishes and churches
60 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- PatlurTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- PerunkurichiTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- PettaipalayamNamakkal VicariateView parish
- PudupalayamNamakkal VicariateView parish
- PungavadiAttur VicariateView parish
- R.C.SettipattyMettur VicariateView parish
- RasipuramNamakkal VicariateView parish
- SadayampalayamTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- Salem CampMettur VicariateView parish
- SangagiriTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- SanniyasigunduSalem VicariateView parish
- SavariarpalayamMettur VicariateView parish
- SemmeduNamakkal VicariateView parish
- SendamangalamNamakkal VicariateView parish
- SendarappattiAttur VicariateView parish
- ShevapetSalem VicariateView parish
- SiluvagiriAttur VicariateView parish
- SolasiramaniTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- SPB ColonyTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- Steel PlantSalem VicariateView parish
- SuramangalamSalem VicariateView parish
- ThalaivasalAttur VicariateView parish
- TharamangalamMettur VicariateView parish
- ThirumanurAttur VicariateView parish
- ThumbalAttur VicariateView parish
- TiruchengodeTiruchengode VicariateView parish
- UdayapattySalem VicariateView parish
- ValapadyAttur VicariateView parish
- VellalapalayamMettur VicariateView parish
- YercaudSalem VicariateView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Arulselvam Rayappan
- Born
- 18 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Sathipattu
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.