Suffragan diocese Tanjore, India
Diocese of Tanjore
Tanioren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1952
- Catholics
- 260,800
- Priests
- 258
- Territory
- 9,583 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart CathedralTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Adaikala Matha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Christ the King ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Redeemer's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Imm. Conception ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Imm.Conc.ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Infant Jesus Church,Town not recordedView parish
- Irudaya Madha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. Help of Christians ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Fatima Church,Town not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Fatima's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Good Health ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Good Heath ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Happy Voyage ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Imm. Con. Church,Town not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Lourdes ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Miracles ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Presentation ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Refuge ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Seven Dolour's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- O. L. of Victory Church,Town not recordedView parish
- O. L. Refuge of Lourdes Church,Town not recordedView parish
- O.L. of Assumption ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Fathima Church,Town not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Periya Nayaki Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Punitha Adaikala Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Punitha Alangara Madha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sagayaraj Thamburaj
- Born
- 14 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Ayyampatty
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.