Diocese of Kumbakonam

The Diocese of Kumbakonam () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Kumbakonam. The Diocese of Kumbakonam is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.

History

• 1 September 1899: Established as Diocese of Kumbakonam from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Poondi

Leadership

• Bishops of Kumbakonam
• Bishop Jeevandham Amalanathan (13 January 2024 - Present)
• Bishop Antonysamy Francis (31 May 2008 – 13 January 2024)
• Bishop Peter Remigius (10 November 1989 – 30 June 2007)
• Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy (5 May 1955 – 16 August 1988)
• Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa (24 February 1931 – 20 September 1954)
• Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P. (21 May 1913 – 17 December 1928)
• Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. (5 September 1899 – 21 May 1913)

Saints and causes for canonisation

• Servant of God Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan
• Servant of God Fr. John Peter Savarinayagam, O.F.M. Cap.

References

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy