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Date | Event | From | To |
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12 June 1923 | Erected | Diocese of Trichinopoly (Most of Tuticorin, about half of Nellai, and a portion of Kanyakumari) | Diocese of Tuticorin (erected) |
14 July 1927 | Territory Added | Diocese of Trichinopoly (Boundaries adjusted) | Diocese of Tuticorin (Boundaries adjusted) |
3 July 1929 | Territory Added | Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore (Gur dalle, M anapal, Punnakail, Nossa Senhora des Dores de Tuticorin, and Vaipar) | Diocese of Tuticorin |
19 September 1953 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Tuticorin (from Bombay) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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1950 | 110,000 | 1,500,000 | 7.3% | 72 | 4 | 76 | 1,447 | 16 | 240 | 45 | ap1951 | |
1969 | 152,240 | 1,898,068 | 8.0% | 76 | 8 | 84 | 1,812 | 8 | 523 | 52 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 198,800 | 1,826,000 | 10.9% | 95 | 8 | 103 | 1,930 | 59 | 694 | 48 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 271,362 | 1,866,362 | 14.5% | 134 | 9 | 143 | 1,897 | 54 | 675 | 73 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 314,350 | 2,592,000 | 12.1% | 134 | 11 | 145 | 2,167 | 65 | 690 | 78 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 317,370 | 2,598,200 | 12.2% | 138 | 10 | 148 | 2,144 | 62 | 696 | 82 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 325,170 | 2,618,410 | 12.4% | 145 | 15 | 160 | 2,032 | 67 | 696 | 87 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 330,200 | 2,625,400 | 12.6% | 145 | 13 | 158 | 2,089 | 72 | 698 | 90 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 340,000 | 2,715,000 | 12.5% | 154 | 17 | 171 | 1,988 | 67 | 696 | 95 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 348,000 | 2,765,000 | 12.6% | 146 | 18 | 164 | 2,121 | 68 | 605 | 103 | ap2005 | |
2010 | 421,820 | 2,590,000 | 16.3% | 168 | 30 | 198 | 2,130 | 59 | 702 | 106 | ap2011 | |
2014 | 435,000 | 2,732,000 | 15.9% | 186 | 27 | 213 | 2,042 | 64 | 730 | 111 | ap2015 | |
2017 | 429,610 | 2,702,123 | 15.9% | 186 | 32 | 218 | 1,970 | 51 | 723 | 115 | ap2018 | |
2020 | 436,251 | 2,776,200 | 15.7% | 199 | 41 | 240 | 1,817 | 74 | 765 | 117 | ap2021 | |
2022 | 439,200 | 2,811,000 | 15.6% | 201 | 44 | 245 | 1,792 | 81 | 769 | 118 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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