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
- * Bishop Antonysamy Francis
- * Bishop Peter Remigius
- * Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy
- * Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa
- * Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P.
- * Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P.
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Servant of God Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan
- Servant of God Fr. John Peter Savarinayagam, O.F.M. Cap.