Diocese of Tuticorin
Tuticoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tuticorin, India
Latin-rite diocese on the Pearl Fishery Coast of Tamil Nadu, India, erected 12 June 1923 from the Diocese of Tiruchirapalli. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madurai, seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Thoothukudi, in a region evangelized by St Francis Xavier.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1923
- Latin
- Tuticoren(sis)
- Patron
- St Francis Xavier and St Therese of Lisieux
- Annuario code
- 001000023
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 621,820
- Population
- 2,590,000
- Catholic share
- 24.0%
- Priests
- 245
- Catholics per priest
- 2,538
- Extent
- 6,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 97
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Stephen Antony Pillai
- Born
- 22 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Keezha Manakudy
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Thoothukudi stands in Tuticorin, 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.
The province of Madurai
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madurai.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaduraiMadurai
- Diocese of DindigulDindigul
- Diocese of KottarKottar
- Diocese of KuzhithuraiKuzhithurai
- Diocese of PalayamkottaiPalayamkottai
- Diocese of SivagangaiSivagangai
- Diocese of TiruchirapalliTiruchirapalli
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Tuticorin, within the ecclesiastical province of Madurai in India, stands this unit (or 'particular Church') of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Tuticorin (Latin: Tuticoren(sis)).
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].