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Diocese of Ootacamund

Dioecesis Ootacamundensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Amalraj Arulappan, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 July 1955
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 7,312 (2,824 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.ootacamunddiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 5, St. Mary's Hill, Wood Cock Road, Udhagamandalam-643001, Nilgiris Dt., Tamil Nadu, India
  • Telephone: (0423)2442.366

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 July 1955ErectedDiocese of Mysore (Nilgiris and part of Coimbatore) Diocese of Ootacamund (erected)
27 March 1962Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Ootacamund (from Bangalore)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197046,892970,0004.8%5213657213035057ap1971
198057,6001,047,0005.5%5917767578251040ap1981
199071,2501,160,0006.1%79221017057255553ap1991
199984,0001,450,0005.8%94221167247455657ap2000
200084,8331,460,0005.8%92221147446556057ap2001
200185,0001,461,0005.8%93221157396055057ap2002
200284,9001,461,0005.8%90241147448655057ap2003
200384,0001,464,0005.7%91241157307455257ap2004
200484,6001,461,0005.8%92251177237355259ap2005
201388,2422,060,2344.3%107191267007752862ap2014
2016109,7632,274,3214.8%105341397899051864ap2017
2019113,9002,360,0354.8%113331467808451874ap2020
2021116,2502,408,8504.8%1113214381211351866ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 801, to Page 803
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 226

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