Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 6,440 km²
Population: 438,108 Catholics (15.6% of 2,803,960 total) (2020)
Statistics: 117 parishes, 1 mission, 240 priests (198 diocesan, 42 religious), 853 lay religious (84 brothers, 769 sisters), 36 seminarians (2020)
Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai
Neighbouring Dioceses: Kottar (↙), Palayamkottai (←), Madurai (↑), Sivagangai (↗)
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
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as of 2022.08.06
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