Diocese of

Tanjore

India India

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tanjore / Thanjavur / Tanioren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Health

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.07.13 ā€“ ...):Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj (55)Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tanjore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj (55)Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj (55)
(2024.07.13 ā€“ ...)

Bishop of Tanjore (India)

Born:1969.03.14 (Ayyampatty, India)
Ordained Priest:1996.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:2024.08.18

Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1996.04.17 ā€“ 2024.07.13)

Bishop of Tanjore (India) (2024.07.13 ā€“ ...)

Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss
(1997.06.28 ā€“ 2023.02.04)

Pacem per crucem

Born:1947.10.08 (Ammapet, India)
Ordained Priest:1974.08.05
Consecrated Bishop:1997.09.24
Died:2024.05.26 (Thanjavur, India ā€  76)

Priest of Tanjore (India) (1974.08.05 ā€“ 1997.06.28)

Bishop of Tanjore (India) (1997.06.28 ā€“ 2023.02.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Tiruchirapalli (India) (2018.07.14 ā€“ 2021.06.29)

Archbishop Packiam Arokiaswamy
(1986.09.12 ā€“ 1997.06.28)

Heart filled with love

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

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1971.01.16 ā€“ 1971.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India) (1971.12.06 ā€“ 1986.09.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tanjore (India) (1986.09.12 ā€“ 1997.06.28)

Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram
(1953.02.04 ā€“ 1986.09.12)

Cor Jesu et MariƦ spes mea

Born:1905.06.10 (India)
Ordained Priest:1941.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:1953.03.19
Died:1998.08.28 (ā€  93)

Bishop of Tanjore (India) (1953.02.04 ā€“ 1986.09.12)

Special Churches

Sivagangai (ā†™), Tiruchirapalli (ā†), Kumbakonam (ā†—), Jaffna (ā†˜)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,518 kmĀ²

Population: 473,690 Catholics (6.7% of 7,096,260 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes

Personnel: 255 priests (182 diocesan, 73 religious), 842 religious (81 brothers, 761 sisters), 24 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.08.18

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