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Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Area: 8,010 km²
Population: 269,920 Catholics (4.0% of 6,744,177 total) (2018)
Statistics: 75 parishes, 2 missions, 278 priests (93 diocesan, 185 religious), 1,534 lay religious (417 brothers, 1,117 sisters), 20 seminarians (2018)
Suffragan Sees: Dindigul, Kottar, Kuzhithurai, Palayamkottai, Sivagangai, Tiruchirapalli, Tuticorin
Neighbouring Dioceses: Vijayapuram (←), Dindigul (↑), Tiruchirapalli (↗), Sivagangai (→), Tuticorin (↓), Palayamkottai (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Patron Saint: Saint John de Britto
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2021.02.12
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