Diocese of Vellore
Velloren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vellore, India
Latin-rite diocese in northern Tamil Nadu, India, erected 13 November 1952 from the Archdiocese of Madras. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, seated at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Vellore.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 November 1952
- Latin
- Velloren(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001000082
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 168,980
- Population
- 10,363,000
- Catholic share
- 1.6%
- Priests
- 224
- Catholics per priest
- 754
- Extent
- 12,265 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Ambrose Pitchamuthu
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
Cathedral of the Assumption, Vellore stands in Vellore, 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 Madras and Mylapore
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)Chennai
- Diocese of ChingleputChengalpattu
- Diocese of CoimbatoreCoimbatore
- Diocese of OotacamundOotacamund
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Vellore (Latin: Velloren(sis)) is a diocese seated in the city of Vellore, within the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. As of 2017 its territory held a population of 6.5 million people, with Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu as the main languages spoken.
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].