Bishop(s)
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast | |||
8 July 1836 | Erected | Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore | Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast (erected) |
1850 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast | Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore (erected) |
Diocese of Madurai | |||
1 September 1886 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast | Diocese of Madurai |
Diocese of Trichinopoly | |||
7 June 1887 | Name Changed | Diocese of Madurai | Diocese of Trichinopoly |
12 June 1923 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trichinopoly (Most of Tuticorin, about half of Nellai, and a portion of Kanyakumari) | Diocese of Tuticorin (erected) |
14 July 1927 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trichinopoly (Boundaries adjusted) | Diocese of Tuticorin (Boundaries adjusted) |
3 July 1929 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Kumbakonam (Mayavaram, Shiyaly, and part of Nannuam and Ghidambaram (Thanjavur))
Archdiocese of Madras (Part of city of Madras) Diocese of Trichinopoly (Alangudi and Thirumayam) | Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore |
3 July 1929 | Territory Added | Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore (Awor, Cooumim, Dindigul, Madura, Malleiadipaty, Oriur, HFossa Senhora das Dores, and Muttupettaah (except for Venkatakulam)) | Diocese of Trichinopoly |
8 January 1938 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Trichinopoly (Tinnevelly, part of Travancore (East of the Ghats), and Ramnad and Madura (except Paini and Dindigul)) | Diocese of Madura (erected) |
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli | |||
21 October 1950 | Name Changed | Diocese of Trichinopoly | Diocese of Tiruchirapalli |
19 September 1953 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Tiruchirapalli (from Bombay) | |
10 November 2003 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Madurai (Natham, Kamalapuram, Sinnalapatty, Athur, Karisalpatty, and Vannampatty)
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli (Dindigul (Dindigul, Vedasandur, Oddanchatram, Palani, and Natham)) | Diocese of Dindigul (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of Tiruchirapalli | ||||||||||||
1950 | 116,557 | 1,632,040 | 7.1% | 56 | 41 | 97 | 1,201 | 55 | 393 | 32 | ap1951 | |
1970 | 170,650 | 1,943,537 | 8.8% | 72 | 63 | 135 | 1,264 | 159 | 855 | 41 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 210,977 | 2,632,000 | 8.0% | 69 | 76 | 145 | 1,455 | 163 | 888 | 50 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 273,481 | 3,124,716 | 8.8% | 97 | 80 | 177 | 1,545 | 212 | 928 | 61 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 387,130 | 3,662,230 | 10.6% | 111 | 97 | 208 | 1,861 | 305 | 944 | 71 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 392,430 | 3,666,320 | 10.7% | 133 | 116 | 249 | 1,576 | 356 | 1,043 | 75 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 393,640 | 3,789,320 | 10.4% | 117 | 119 | 236 | 1,667 | 456 | 1,086 | 82 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 182,500 | 2,543,806 | 7.2% | 78 | 100 | 178 | 1,025 | 405 | 784 | 55 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 399,740 | 3,872,430 | 10.3% | 146 | 100 | 246 | 1,624 | 517 | 1,355 | 82 | ap2005 | |
2010 | 188,990 | 2,156,765 | 8.8% | 94 | 121 | 215 | 879 | 434 | 927 | 67 | ap2011 | |
2014 | 236,377 | 2,447,234 | 9.7% | 95 | 173 | 268 | 882 | 492 | 739 | 67 | ap2015 | |
2017 | 262,413 | 2,296,098 | 11.4% | 92 | 176 | 268 | 979 | 548 | 1,097 | 71 | ap2018 | |
2020 | 271,034 | 2,371,960 | 11.4% | 98 | 176 | 274 | 989 | 570 | 1,134 | 73 | ap2021 | |
2022 | 276,790 | 2,431,614 | 11.4% | 101 | 179 | 280 | 988 | 563 | 1,130 | 73 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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