Diocese of Kumbakonam, India 🇮🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kumbakonam / Kumbakonamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tanjore (↙), Tiruchirapalli (←), Salem (↖), Pondicherry and Cuddalore (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Assumption, Saint John de Britto

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1899.09.01: Established as Diocese of Kumbakonam / Kumbakonamen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and became suffragan of Pondicherry)
1929.07.03: Lost territory to Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor
1930.05.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Salem

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Jeevanandam Amalanathan (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kumbakonam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jeevanandam Amalanathan (62)
(2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India)

Born:	1963.04.02 (Michaelpatti, India)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.02.11

Priest of Kumbakonam (India) (1990.05.06 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Antonisamy Francis (79)
(2008.05.31 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of Kumbakonam (India)

Proclaim Jesus Christ

Born:	1946.04.15 (Iluppur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1974.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.07.09

Priest of Tanjore (India) (1974.08.02 – 2008.05.31)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (2008.05.31 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop Peter Remigius (86)
(1989.11.10 – 2007.06.30)

Bishop emeritus of Kottar (India)

Hope, Dare, Serve

Born:	1939.05.20 (Manakudy-Mel, India)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.01.03

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (1989.11.10 – 2007.06.30)

Bishop of Kottar (India) (2007.06.30 – 2017.05.20)

Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy
(1955.05.05 – 1988.08.16)

Born:	1916.09.05 (Viragalur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1944.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.09.21
Died:	2003.10.12 († 87)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (1955.05.05 – 1988.08.16)

Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa
(1931.02.24 – 1954.09.20)

Born:	1882.08.01 (Kottaipalayam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1911.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.06.29
Died:	1973.04.27 († 90)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (1931.02.24 – 1954.09.20)

Titular Bishop of Arabissus (1954.09.20 – 1973.04.27)

Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P.
(1913.05.21 – 1928.12.17)

Born:	1869.04.20 (Saint-Hostien, France)
Ordained Priest:	1892.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.07.25
Died:	1930.07.14 (Wellington, India † 61)

Titular Bishop of Castoria (1911.03.06 – 1913.05.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (1911.03.06 – 1913.05.21)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (1913.05.21 – 1928.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Gurza (1928.12.17 – 1930.07.14)

Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P.
(1899.09.05 – 1913.05.21)

Born:	1837.01.20 (Chambéry, France)
Ordained Priest:	1859.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.11.30
Died:	1913.05.21 (Kumbakonam, India † 76)

Bishop of Kumbakonam (India) (1899.09.05 – 1913.05.21)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P. (1911.03.06 – 1913.05.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nādu
Minor Basilica: Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Poondi, Tamil Nādu

Tanjore (↙), Tiruchirapalli (←), Salem (↖), Pondicherry and Cuddalore (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,823 km²

Population: 268,290 Catholics (4.4% of 6,120,158 total)

Pastoral Centres: 94 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 261 priests (167 diocesan, 94 religious), 784 religious (226 brothers, 558 sisters), 16 seminarians