Diocese of Kuzhithurai, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kuzhithurai / Kuzhithuraien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai

Neighbouring Dioceses: Neyyattinkara (↖), Palayamkottai (↗), Kottar (↘)

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2014.12.22: Established as Diocese of Kuzhithurai / Kuzhithuraien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kottar and became suffragan of Madurai)

Bishop (2024.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Albert George Alexander Anastas (59)

Bishops of Kuzhithurai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Albert George Alexander Anastas (59)
(2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Kuzhithurai (India)

Priest of Kottar (India) (1992.04.26 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop of Kuzhithurai (India) (2024.01.13 – ...)

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.06.06 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B.
(2014.12.22 – 2020.06.06)

Bishop of Kuzhithurai (India) (2014.12.22 – 2020.06.06)

Area: 915 km²

Population: 253,140 Catholics (32.0% of 790,895 total)

Pastoral Centres: 105 parishes

Personnel: 162 priests (108 diocesan, 54 religious), 297 religious (59 brothers, 238 sisters), 36 seminarians