Diocese of Sivagangai, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sivagangai / Sivaganaien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John de Britto

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1987.07.03: Established as Diocese of Sivagangai / Sivaganaien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai and became suffragan of Madurai)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Lourdu Anandam (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sivagangai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lourdu Anandam (65)
(2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of Sivagangai (India)

Born:	1958.08.15 (Thiruvarangam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1986.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.11.26

Priest of Madurai (India) (1986.04.06 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Sivagangai (India) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Stephen Antony Pillai (71)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.06.04 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop Jebamalai Susaimanickam (78)
(2005.09.01 – 2020.09.25)

Bishop emeritus of Sivagangai (India)

Confident in the Lord

Born:	1945.09.25 (Maruthakanmoi, India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.15

Priest of Madurai (India) (1971.01.27 – 2005.04.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sivagangai (India) (2005.04.01 – 2005.09.01)

Bishop of Sivagangai (India) (2005.09.01 – 2020.09.25)

Bishop Edward Francis
(1987.07.03 – 2005.09.01)

God’s will

Born:	1930.06.03 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1957.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.08.30
Died:	2017.04.11 († 86)

Bishop of Sivagangai (India) (1987.07.03 – 2005.09.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jebamalai Susaimanickam (78) (2005.04.01 – 2005.09.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Alangara Annai Cathedral, Sivaganga, Tamil Nādu
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. John de Britto, Oriyur, Tamil Nādu

Tuticorin (↙), Madurai (←), Tiruchirapalli (↑), Tanjore (↗), Jaffna (→), Mannar (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 8,353 km²

Population: 182,150 Catholics (5.8% of 3,123,623 total)

Pastoral Centres: 82 parishes

Personnel: 177 priests (98 diocesan, 79 religious), 583 religious (130 brothers, 453 sisters), 19 seminarians