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Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

Dioecesis Tiruchirapolitana



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 21 October 1950
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Madurai
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 12,144 (4,690 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.trichydiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 12A Convent Road, Tiruchchirappalli-620001, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Telephone: (0431)2415.635
  • Fax: 2417.502

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast
8 July 1836ErectedDiocese of São Tomé of Meliapore Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast (erected)
1850Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore (erected)
Diocese of Madurai
1 September 1886ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast Diocese of Madurai
Diocese of Trichinopoly
7 June 1887Name ChangedDiocese of Madurai Diocese of Trichinopoly
12 June 1923Territory LostDiocese of Trichinopoly (Most of Tuticorin, about half of Nellai, and a portion of Kanyakumari) Diocese of Tuticorin (erected)
14 July 1927Territory LostDiocese of Trichinopoly (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Tuticorin (Boundaries adjusted)
3 July 1929Territory LostDiocese of Kumbakonam (Mayavaram, Shiyaly, and part of Nannuam and Ghidambaram (Thanjavur))
Archdiocese of Madras (Part of city of Madras)
Diocese of Trichinopoly (Alangudi and Thirumayam)
Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore
3 July 1929Territory AddedDiocese of São Tomé of Meliapore (Awor, Cooumim, Dindigul, Madura, Malleiadipaty, Oriur, HFossa Senhora das Dores, and Muttupettaah (except for Venkatakulam)) Diocese of Trichinopoly
8 January 1938Territory LostDiocese of Trichinopoly (Tinnevelly, part of Travancore (East of the Ghats), and Ramnad and Madura (except Paini and Dindigul)) Diocese of Madura (erected)
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
21 October 1950Name ChangedDiocese of Trichinopoly Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Tiruchirapalli (from Bombay)
10 November 2003Territory LostArchdiocese of Madurai (Natham, Kamalapuram, Sinnalapatty, Athur, Karisalpatty, and Vannampatty)
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli (Dindigul (Dindigul, Vedasandur, Oddanchatram, Palani, and Natham))
Diocese of Dindigul (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
1950116,5571,632,0407.1%5641971,2015539332ap1951
1970170,6501,943,5378.8%72631351,26415985541ap1971
1980210,9772,632,0008.0%69761451,45516388850ap1981
1990273,4813,124,7168.8%97801771,54521292861ap1991
1999387,1303,662,23010.6%111972081,86130594471ap2000
2000392,4303,666,32010.7%1331162491,5763561,04375ap2002
2002393,6403,789,32010.4%1171192361,6674561,08682ap2003
2003182,5002,543,8067.2%781001781,02540578455ap2004
2004399,7403,872,43010.3%1461002461,6245171,35582ap2005
2010188,9902,156,7658.8%9412121587943492767ap2011
2014236,3772,447,2349.7%9517326888249273967ap2015
2017262,4132,296,09811.4%921762689795481,09771ap2018
2020271,0342,371,96011.4%981762749895701,13473ap2021
2022276,7902,431,61411.4%1011792809885631,13073ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 120
  • Diocese of Trichinopoly
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 565
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 376
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 121, to Page 123
  • Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 127
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87
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