Suffragan diocese Tuticorin, India
Diocese of Tuticorin
Tuticoren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1923
- Catholics
- 621,820
- Priests
- 245
- Territory
- 6,440 km²
Parishes and churches
54 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Amala Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Amali Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Annai Velankanni ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Arockia Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Arockia Matha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Christ the King ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Epiphany ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Family ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Ghost ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Infant Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Redeemer’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Holy Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Madu Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Nalla Alosanai Annai ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Othasai Matha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Assumption ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Dolours ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Nativity ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Ransom ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Rosary ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Snows ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Our Lady of Visitation ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Rajakanni Matha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Sacred Hearts’ CathedralTown not recordedView parish
- Sahaya Annai 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
- Stephen Antony Pillai
- Born
- 22 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Keezha Manakudy
Explore the ministry of 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.
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)).