Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Kottar / Kottaren(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2017.05.20 – ...): | Bishop Nazarene Soosai (61) |
Bishops of Kottar (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Nazarene Soosai (61) Bishop of Kottar (India)
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Bishop Peter Remigius (85) Bishop emeritus of Kottar (India)
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Bishop Leon Augustine Tharmaraj
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Bishop Marianus Arokiasamy (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Thomas Roch Agniswami, S.J.
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Bishop Lawrence Pereira
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Area: 750 km²
Population: 273,122 Catholics (30.9% of 882,790 total)
Pastoral Centres: 95 parishes, 95 missions
Personnel: 210 priests (171 diocesan, 39 religious), 559 religious (56 brothers, 503 sisters), 34 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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