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 ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Shrine BasilicaTown not recordedView parish
- Ss. Peter & Paul ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Anne's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Antony's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Catherine's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Cathrine's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Francis de Sales ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Francis Xavier Church,Town not recordedView parish
- St. Francis Xavier's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. James Church 9688467030Town not recordedView parish
- St. John De Britto ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph's R.C. ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Mary's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Michael's ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Sebastian's Church,Town 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
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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.