Diocese of Dindigul, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Dindigul / Dindigulen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai

Neighbouring Dioceses: Vijayapuram (↙), Coimbatore (↖), Madurai (↓)

2003.10.30: Established as Diocese of Dindigul / Dindigulen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai and Diocese of Tiruchirapalli and became suffragan of Madurai)

Bishop (2016.04.11 – ...):

Bishop Thomas Paulsamy (74)

Bishops of Dindigul (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Paulsamy (74)
(2016.04.11 – ...)

Bishop of Dindigul (India)

Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1977.05.25 – 2016.04.11)

Bishop of Dindigul (India) (2016.04.11 – ...)

Bishop Antony Pappusamy (76) (later Archbishop)
(2003.10.30 – 2014.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madurai (India)

Priest of Madurai (India) (1976.07.07 – 1998.11.05)

Titular Bishop of Zaba (1998.11.05 – 2003.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Madurai (India) (1998.11.05 – 2003.10.30)

Bishop of Dindigul (India) (2003.10.30 – 2014.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (2014.07.26 – 2024.11.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Palayamkottai (India) (2018.06.29 – 2019.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Kuzhithurai (India) (2020.06.06 – 2024.01.13)

Area: 6,266 km²

Population: 153,156 Catholics (7.0% of 2,183,155 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 195 priests (65 diocesan, 130 religious), 511 religious (176 brothers, 335 sisters), 26 seminarians