Diocese of Vellore
| Diocese of Vellore | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 12,265 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 6,571,250 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 190,000 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 2.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 121 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 92 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 892 |
| Friars | 134 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 770 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Assumption Cathedral |
| address | 34 Officer's Line Vellore-632001, Tamil Nadu India |
| Website | www.vellorediocese.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore ( lat. : Dioecesis Vellorensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Vellore . It covers the area of the Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts in the state of Tamil Nadu .
history
The diocese Vellore was on November 13, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Madras and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Vellore
- Pablo Mariaselvam SDB , 1953-1954
- David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat SDS, 1956-1969
- Royappan Antony Muthu , 1970-1980
- Michael Augustine , 1981–1992, then Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
- Malayappan Chinnappa SDB, 1993-2005, then Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore
- Soundaraj Periyanayagam SDS, 2006-2020