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Suffragan diocese Tanjore, India

Diocese of Tanjore

Tanioren(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Thanjavur, in Tanjore, India.

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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.

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

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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.