Suffragan diocese Tiruchirapalli, India
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Tiruchirapolitan(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Tamil Nadu, India, with roots in the 1836 Apostolic Vicariate of Madura and Coromandel Coast; erected as a diocese in 1886, known as Trichinopoly from 1887, and renamed Tiruchirapalli in 1950. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madurai, seated at St Mary's Cathedral (Our Lady of Health) in Tiruchirappalli.
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- Established
- 1886
- Catholics
- 208,990
- Priests
- 292
- Territory
- 5,198 km²
Parishes and churches
73 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- MELAPUDUR ST. MARY’S CATHEDRALTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- AMBIGAPURAM ST. ROCHE CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- AMMAPETTAI PUNITHA SANTHIYAGAPPAR CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- AVARAMPATTI ST. IGNATIUS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- AVOOR OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CH AVOOR POST MATHUR IND. ESTATE PUDUKOTTAI – 622 502Town not recordedView parish
- AYYAMPATTI ST. MARY MAGDALENE CH. AYYAMPATTAI POST R.E.C. VIA TIRUCHY – 620015Town not recordedView parish
- BOSCO NAGAR ANAITHU MAKKALIN SAHAYA ANNAI CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- CRAWFORD ST. THERESA OF CHILD JESUS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- DURAISAMIPURAM ST. ANTONY OF PADUA CH. DURAISAMIPURAM P.O. TIRUCHY – 620 001Town not recordedView parish
- EDAMALAIPPATTY PUDUR INFANT JESUS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ETTUKALPATTY ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- FATIMA NAGAR OUR LADY OF FATIMA CH. FATIMA NAGAR POST TIRUCHY – 620 012Town not recordedView parish
- GOLDEN ROCK ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ILLUPUR ST. ANTONY OF PADUA CH. ILLUPUR POST PUDUKOTTAI DT. 622 102Town not recordedView parish
- JEGAN MATHA JEGAN MATHA CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- JERUSALEM RISEN CHRIST CH. JERUSALEM, KUNNATHUR P.O. PUDUKOTTAI – 621 316Town not recordedView parish
- K. UDAYAPATTI OUR LADY OF SNOWS CH. K. UDAYAPATTI MUTHAPUDAYANPATTY P.O. TIRUCHY – 621 312Town not recordedView parish
- K.K. NAGAR QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS CH. AMALAPURAM, K.K. NAGAR TIRUCHY – 620 021Town not recordedView parish
- KAILASAPURAM ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KALLUKUZHI ST. ANTONY OF PADUA CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KAMARAJNAGAR(AIRPORT) ST. ANTONY’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KARUMANDAPAM OUR LADY THE HEALER CH. KARUMANDAPAM P.O. TIRUCHY – 620 001Town not recordedView parish
- KARUNGULAM ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KATTUR ST. ANTONY OF PADUA CH. KATTUR POST PAPAKURICHI TIRUCHY – 620 019Town not recordedView parish
- KAYAMPATTY ST. XAVIER’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KEERANUR AROKIA ANNAI CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KILLUKOTTAI ST. ANTONY OF PADUA CH. KILLUKOTTAI POST KEERANUR VIA PUDUKOTTAI – 622 502Town not recordedView parish
- KOTTUPATTU OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTH CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KULATHURAMPATTY ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- KULITHALAI ST. CHRISTINA 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
- Savarimuthu Arokiaraj
- Born
- 24 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Lalapettai
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The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral (Our Lady of Health), Tiruchirappalli stands in Tiruchirapalli, 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
Tiruchirapalli, also called Trichy, is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Tiruchirapolitan(us)) in the ecclesiastical province of Madurai in India. Its episcopal seat is St. Mary's Cathedral, Tiruchirappalli, known as well as the Cathedral of the Mother of Good Health.