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.
- SUBRAMANIAPURAM ST. JOHN DE BRITTO CH. SUBRAMANIAPURAM P.O. TIRUCHY – 620 020Town not recordedView parish
- TEPPAKULAM OUR LADY OF LOURDES CH. TEPPAKULAM TIRUCHY – 620 002Town not recordedView parish
- THERESALPURAM ST. THERESA OF CHILD JESUS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- THIRUKAVALOOR SACRED HEART CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- THIRUMALAIRAYAPURAM R.C. CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- THIRUNAGAR INFANT JESUS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- THURAIKUDI ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CH. THURAIKUDI, AVOOR P.O. PUDUKOTTAI – 622 104Town not recordedView parish
- THUVARANKURICHI ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CH. THUVARANKURICHI P.O. TIRUCHY – 621 314Town not recordedView parish
- UYYAKONDAN THIRUMALAI OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- VAIYAMPATTI OUR LADY OF GOOD HEALTH CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- VAYALOGAM OUR LADY OF REFUGE CH. VAYALOGAM PO. PUDUKOTTAI – 622 104Town not recordedView parish
- VIRALIMALAI ST. PHILIP NERI CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- WORAIYUR ST. ANTONY’S 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.