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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin

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Deaneries
  
5

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
12 June 1923

Bishop
  
Yvon Ambroise

Country
  
India

Parishes
  
111

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
6,440 km²

Date founded
  
12 June 1923

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Peter Fernando

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 2,590,000 421,820 (16.3%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai

Patron saints
  
Francis Xavier, Thérèse of Lisieux

Cheating in the name of the roman catholic diocese of tuticorin


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin (Latin: Tuticoren(sis)) is a unit (or 'particular Church') of the Catholic Church in the city of Tuticorin, part of the Ecclesiastical province of Madurai in India.

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History

  • 12 June 1923: Established as the Diocese of Tuticorin from the Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

    • Its first bishop, the Jesuit, Francis T, Roche, originates from the diocese itself and is the first Latin indigenous bishop.

    Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of the Snows, Tuticorin

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Tuticorin (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Yvon Ambrose (1 April 2005 – present)
  • Bishop Peter Fernando (later Archbishop) (8 December 1999 – 22 March 2003)
  • Bishop Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather (29 November 1980 – 8 December 1999)
  • Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu (30 August 1971 – 6 December 1979)
  • Bishop Thomas Fernando (26 June 1953 – 23 November 1970)
  • Bishop Francis T. Roche, S.J. (12 June 1923 – 26 June 1953)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin Wikipedia
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