Diocese of Ootacamund

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Diocese of Ootacamund
Basic data
Country India
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore
Diocesan bishop Arulappan Amalraj
Vicar General Anthony Swamy
founding 1955
surface 7,312 km²
Parishes 59 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Residents 1,495,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Catholics 86,310 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
proportion of 5.8%
Diocesan priest 94 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Religious priest 15 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Catholics per priest 792
Friars 44 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
Religious sisters 422 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 )
rite Roman rite
cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral
address PO Box 5
Udhagamandalam-643001
Nilgiris Dt., Tamil Nadu
India
Website www.ootydiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ootacamund ( lat. : Dioecesis Ootacamundensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Udagamandalam (Ootacamund). It includes the Nilgiris District , parts of the Erode District and a smaller part of the Coimbatore District in the state of Tamil Nadu .

history

The diocese of Ootacamund was on July 3, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Nunciature in Psalmis from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Mysore and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore as a suffragan .

Bishops of Ootacamund

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