Diocese of Ootacamund, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ootacamund / Ooty / Ootacamunden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madras and Mylapore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1955.07.03: Established as Diocese of Ootacamund / Ooty / Ootacamunden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mysore and became suffragan of Madras and Mylapore)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Arulappan Amalraj (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ootacamund (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arulappan Amalraj (70)
(2006.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India)

Ad gloriam Dei ad bonim fidelium

Born:	1953.12.04 (Coonoor, India)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.08.09

Priest of Ootacamund (India) (1980.12.26 – 2006.06.30)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (2006.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Antony Anandarayar (later Archbishop)
(1997.01.02 – 2004.06.10)

Servire in Fide et in Amore

Born:	1945.07.17 (Varadarajanpet, India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.01.29
Died:	2021.05.04 (Chennai, India † 75)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1997.01.02 – 2004.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India) (2004.06.10 – 2021.01.27)

Died of COVID-19.

Bishop James Masilamony Arul Das (later Archbishop)
(1973.12.21 – 1994.05.11)

Born:	1930.01.14 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.02.20
Died:	2004.08.30 († 74)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1973.12.21 – 1994.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1994.05.11 – 2004.08.30)

Bishop Packiam Arokiaswamy (later Archbishop)
(1971.01.16 – 1971.12.06)

Heart filled with love

Born:	1921.02.20 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1946.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.04.28
Died:	2003.05.22 († 82)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1971.01.16 – 1971.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (1971.12.06 – 1986.09.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tanjore (India) (1986.09.12 – 1997.06.28)

Bishop Antony Padiyara (later Cardinal)
(1955.07.03 – 1970.06.14)

Servire et lætitia

Born:	1921.02.11 (Manimala, India)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.16
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	2000.03.23 (Kochin, India † 79)

Priest of Coimbatore (India) (1945.12.19 – 1955.07.03)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1955.07.03 – 1970.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1970.06.14 – 1985.04.23)

Apostolic Visitator in India outside the proper territory of the Syro-Malabars (1978.09.08 – 1985.04.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1988.06.28 – 2000.03.23)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1992.12.16 – 1996.11.11)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1995 – 1996.11.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ootacamund, Tamil Nādu

Calicut (←), Mysore (↑), Salem (→), Coimbatore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,312 km²

Population: 118,170 Catholics (4.8% of 2,457,330 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 148 priests (110 diocesan, 38 religious), 631 religious (110 brothers, 521 sisters), 18 seminarians