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Diocese of Coimbatore

Dioecesis Coimbaturensis



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General Information

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Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore
1850ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore (erected)
Diocese of Coimbatore
1 September 1886ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore Diocese of Coimbatore
12 June 1923Territory LostDiocese of Coimbatore (Shoranur and Mannarghat (in Wollawanad))
Diocese of Mangalore (North-Malabar)
Diocese of Mysore (Winad)
Diocese of Calicut (erected)
13 February 1940Territory LostDiocese of Coimbatore (Nilgiris and area north of the river Bhavani and its tributary Moyar) Diocese of Mysore
19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Coimbatore (from Pondicherry and Cuddalore)
28 December 2013Territory LostDiocese of Calicut (5 parishes)
Diocese of Coimbatore (22 parishes)
Diocese of Sultanpet (erected) (Palakkad)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Coimbatore
195046,2003,000,0001.5%47451905614233ap1951
197087,5413,482,9412.5%7017871,0064156445ap1971
198096,8754,353,0002.2%769851,1394262350ap1981
1990125,2004,217,5003.0%92121041,2035580960ap1991
1999212,7637,163,2973.0%107141211,7582590267ap2000
2000218,9308,292,7852.6%104141181,8552488967ap2001
2001225,7739,422,2732.4%104161201,8814859067ap2002
2002245,47910,113,4142.4%105141192,0624460568ap2003
2003250,13911,011,7092.3%113141271,9694361169ap2004
2004255,22011,813,0042.2%109201291,9786065668ap2005
2006258,60012,124,0002.1%117201371,8875464772ap2007
2013242,18111,069,0002.2%121401611,50413677464ap2014
2016189,5427,419,6862.6%120281481,28010193069ap2017
2019191,4007,495,6002.6%117351521,2599992873ap2020
2021281,32610,293,4402.7%113351481,9009958173ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 121
  • Diocese of Coimbatore
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 83, to Page 87

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