Diocese of

Dharmapuri

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 9,622 km²

Population: 54,500 Catholics (1.8% of 3,021,400 total) (2014)

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

Statistics: 40 parishes, 20 missions, 96 priests (66 diocesan, 30 religious), 346 lay religious (35 brothers, 311 sisters), 12 seminarians (2014)

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

Bishop (2012.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (62)

Bishops of Dharmapuri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (62)
(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. (80)
(1997.01.24 – 2012.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of Dharmapuri (India)

Bishop of Dharmapuri (India) (1997.01.24 – 2012.01.13)

as of 2016.09.12