Diocese of Kottar

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Diocese of Kottar
Basic data
Country India
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Madurai
Diocesan bishop Nazarene Soosai
Emeritus diocesan bishop Peter Remigius
founding 1930
surface 750 km²
Parishes 81 (12/22/2014)
Residents 885,865 (12/22/2014)
Catholics 260,484 (12/22/2014)
proportion of 29.4%
Diocesan priest 193 (12/22/2014)
Religious priest 37 (12/22/2014)
Catholics per priest 1,133
Friars 12 (12/22/2014)
Religious sisters 471 (12/22/2014)
rite Roman rite
cathedral St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
Website www.kottardiocese.org
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Nagercoil

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottar ( lat. : Dioecesis Kottarensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Nagercoil .

history

The diocese of Kottar was on May 26, 1930 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad pastorale from cessions of territory of the diocese of Quilon and subordinated to the archdiocese of Verapoly as a suffragan . On September 19, 1953, the diocese of Kottar was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Madurai as a suffragan.

The tomb and cult site of the martyr Devasahayam Pillai (1712–1752), who was beatified on December 2, 2012, is located in St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Nagercoil (formerly Kottar ).

On December 22nd, 2014, the southeastern part of the diocese was separated to establish the Kuzhithurai diocese .

territory

The diocese of Kottar comprises parts of the Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu .

Bishops of Kottar

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b erezione della diocesi di Kuzhithurai (India) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 22, 2014, accessed December 22, 2014 (Italian).
  2. ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Ad pastorale , AAS 24 (1932), n.2, p. 33ff.