Diocese of Salem

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Diocese of Salem
Basic data
Country India
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Diocesan bishop Sedis vacancy
Apostolic Administrator Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
Emeritus diocesan bishop Sebastianappan Singaroyan
founding May 26, 1930
surface 9,624 km²
Parishes 61 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 5,513,709 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 84,721 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 1.5%
Diocesan priest 73 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 53 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 672
Permanent deacons 1 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 167 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 554 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
cathedral Infant of Jesus Cathedral
Co-cathedral St. Mary's Co-Cathedral
Website www.salemdiocese.org
Cathedral in Salem

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salem ( lat. : Dioecesis Salemensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Salem .

history

Pope Pius XI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ad maius religionis on May 26, 1930 from cessions of territory from the dioceses of Kumbakonam , Mysore and the archdiocese of Pondicherry , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.

On January 24, 1997, it lost part of its territory to the Diocese of Dharmapuri .

territory

The diocese of Salem includes the districts of Namakkal and Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu .

Bishops of Salem

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