Sivagangai diocese
| Sivagangai diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Madurai |
| Diocesan bishop | Jebalamai Susaimanickam |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 8,353 km² |
| Parishes | 60 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 2,479,560 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 225,548 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 9.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 100 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 40 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.611 |
| Friars | 87 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 350 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Alangara Annai Cathedral |
The Diocese of Sivagangai ( lat. : Dioecesis Sivagangaiensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sivaganga (Sivagangai).
history
The diocese of Sivagangai was established on July 3, 1987 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quae maiori from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Madurai and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The diocese of Sivagangai comprises the districts of Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga in the state of Tamil Nadu .
Bishops of Sivagangai
- Edward Francis , 1987-2005
- Jebalamai Susaimanickam , since 2005
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quae maiori , AAS 79 (1987), n.8, pp. 1358f.