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The Diocese of Kumbakonam (Latin: Kumbakonamen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Kumbakonam. The Diocese of Kumbakonam is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.
Diocese of Kumbakonam Dioecesis Kumbakonamensis கும்பகோணம் மறைமாவட்டம் | |
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Location | |
Country | |
Ecclesiastical province | Pondicherry and Cuddalore |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,823 km2 (3,020 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 2,605,732 195,582 (7.5%) |
Parishes | 88 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | St. Mary’s Cathedral in Kumbakonam |
Patron saint | St John de Brito |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jeevanandam Amalanathan |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francis Kalist |
Vicar General | Philomin Doss |
Bishops emeritus | AnthonySamy Francis |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
History
edit- 1 September 1899: Established as Diocese of Kumbakonam from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry
Special churches
edit- Minor Basilicas:
Leadership
edit- Bishops of Kumbakonam
- Bishop Jeevandham Amalanathan (11 February 2024 - Present)
- Bishop Antonysamy Francis (31 May 2008 – 11 February 2024)
- Bishop Peter Remigius (10 November 1989 – 30 June 2007)
- Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy (5 May 1955 – 16 August 1988)
- Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa (24 February 1931 – 20 September 1954)
- Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P. (21 May 1913 – 17 December 1928)
- Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. (5 September 1899 – 21 May 1913)
Saints and causes for canonisation
edit- Servant of God Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan[1]
- Servant of God Fr. John Peter Savarinayagam, O.F.M. Cap.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Capuchin declared 'Servant of God' in Tamil Nadu". Matters India. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.