Diocese of

Sultanpet

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sultanpet (English) / Sultanpeten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Verapoly

Bishop (2013.12.28 – ...):

Bishop Peter Abir Antonisamy (71)

Bishops of Sultanpet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Abir Antonisamy (71)
(2013.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of Sultanpet (India)

Bishop of Sultanpet (India) (2013.12.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India) (2021.01.27 – 2022.03.19)

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Area: 4,482 km²

Population: 34,100 Catholics (1.2% of 2,964,481 total) (2020)

Statistics: 28 parishes, 51 priests (22 diocesan, 29 religious), 128 lay religious (30 brothers, 98 sisters), 5 seminarians (2020)

2013.12.28: Established as Diocese of Sultanpet (English) / Sultanpeten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Calicut and Diocese of Coimbatore and became suffragan of Verapoly)

Last updated on 2022.12.04