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Suffragan diocese Vellore, India

Diocese of Vellore

Velloren(sis)

Latin Church

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption, Vellore, in Vellore, India.

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Established
1952
Catholics
168,980
Priests
224
Territory
12,265 km²

Parishes and churches

85 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Ambrose Pitchamuthu

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption, Vellore stands in Vellore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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