Diocese of Tuticorin Dioecesis Tuticorensis |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Metropolitan | Madurai |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,440 km2 (2,490 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 2,765,000 348,000 (12.6%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Thoothukudi |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Yvon Ambrose |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin (Latin: Tuticoren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Tuticorin in the Ecclesiastical province of Madurai in India.
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The first Latin indigenous bishop, Rt.Rev. Tiburtius Roach, is from this diocese only.