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Diocese of Tuticorin

Dioecesis Tuticorensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Stephen Antony Pillai, Bishop
  • Yvon Ambroise, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 June 1923
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Madurai
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 6,440 (2,487 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://tuticorindiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 82 G.C. Road, Tuticorin-628001, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Telephone: (0461)2320.035
  • Fax: 2327.710

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 June 1923ErectedDiocese of Trichinopoly (Most of Tuticorin, about half of Nellai, and a portion of Kanyakumari) Diocese of Tuticorin (erected)
14 July 1927Territory AddedDiocese of Trichinopoly (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Tuticorin (Boundaries adjusted)
3 July 1929Territory AddedDiocese of São Tomé of Meliapore (Gur dalle, M anapal, Punnakail, Nossa Senhora des Dores de Tuticorin, and Vaipar) Diocese of Tuticorin
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Tuticorin (from Bombay)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950110,0001,500,0007.3%724761,4471624045ap1951
1969152,2401,898,0688.0%768841,812852352ap1971
1980198,8001,826,00010.9%9581031,9305969448ap1981
1990271,3621,866,36214.5%13491431,8975467573ap1991
1999314,3502,592,00012.1%134111452,1676569078ap2000
2000317,3702,598,20012.2%138101482,1446269682ap2001
2001325,1702,618,41012.4%145151602,0326769687ap2002
2002330,2002,625,40012.6%145131582,0897269890ap2003
2003340,0002,715,00012.5%154171711,9886769695ap2004
2004348,0002,765,00012.6%146181642,12168605103ap2005
2010421,8202,590,00016.3%168301982,13059702106ap2011
2014435,0002,732,00015.9%186272132,04264730111ap2015
2017429,6102,702,12315.9%186322181,97051723115ap2018
2020436,2512,776,20015.7%199412401,81774765117ap2021
2022439,2002,811,00015.6%201442451,79281769118ap2023

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 19, Page 397
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 19, Page 402, to Page 404
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 121, to Page 123
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87

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