Diocese of Tanjore
Tanioren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tanjore, India
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, erected 13 November 1952 from the Diocese of Sao Tome of Meliapore. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Thanjavur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 November 1952
- Latin
- Tanioren(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001003166
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 260,800
- Population
- 4,223,000
- Catholic share
- 6.2%
- Priests
- 258
- Catholics per priest
- 1,011
- Extent
- 9,583 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Sagayaraj Thamburaj
- Born
- 14 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Ayyampatty
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, Thanjavur stands in Tanjore, 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 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 SalemSalem
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Tanjore, also known as Thanjavur, is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Tanioren(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore in India.
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].