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.
- Sahaya Matha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Selva Matha ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- SS, Peter & Paul ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- SS. John & Stephen ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Aloysius’ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Andrew’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Anne’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Antony’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Barbara’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Benedict’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Charles’ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. George ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Ignatius’ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. James’ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Lucia’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Michael’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Rita’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Sebastian ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Theresa’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Thomas’ ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- St. Xavier’s ChurchTown not recordedView parish
- Thirukalyana Matha 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
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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)).