Diocese of

Dharmapuri

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 9,622 km²

Population: 55,350 Catholics (1.6% of 3,386,652 total) (2015)

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mysore (←), Bangalore (↖), Cuddapah (↑), Vellore (↗), Pondicherry and Cuddalore (→), Salem (↓)

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus

Statistics: 41 parishes, 6 missions, 105 priests (65 diocesan, 40 religious), 344 lay religious (44 brothers, 300 sisters), 11 seminarians (2015)

1997.01.24: Established as Diocese of Dharmapuri / Dharmapurien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Salem)

Bishop (2012.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (64)

Bishops of Dharmapuri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (64)
(2012.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Dharmapuri (India)

Titular Bishop of Absa Salla (1998.11.28 – 2012.01.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1998.11.28 – 2012.01.13)

Bishop of Dharmapuri (India) (2012.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. (83)
(1997.01.24 – 2012.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of Dharmapuri (India)

Bishop of Dharmapuri (India) (1997.01.24 – 2012.01.13)

as of 2018.11.07