Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Ootacamund / Ooty / Ootacamunden(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Madras and Mylapore
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2006.06.30 – ...): | Bishop Arulappan Amalraj (70) |
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Bishop Arulappan Amalraj (70) Bishop of Ootacamund (India) Ad gloriam Dei ad bonim fidelium
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Bishop Antony Anandarayar (later Archbishop)
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Bishop James Masilamony Arul Das (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Packiam Arokiaswamy (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Antony Padiyara (later Cardinal)
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Area: 7,312 km²
Population: 117,000 Catholics (4.8% of 2,433,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 133 priests (103 diocesan, 30 religious), 553 religious (101 brothers, 452 sisters), 20 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.04.28
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