Roman Catholic Diocese of Chingleput

The Diocese of Chingleput (Latin: Chingleputen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Chingleput. The Diocese of Chingleput is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore.

Diocese of Chingleput Dioecesis Chingleputensis செங்கல்பட்டு மறைமாவட்ட
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Madras and Mylapore
Statistics
Area	1,711 km2 (661 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,875,000 126,951 (4.4%)
Parishes	110
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Saint Joseph's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Anthonisamy Neethinathan
Metropolitan Archbishop	George Antonysamy
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

The diocese Diocese of Chingleput was established on July 19, 2002, from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore.

Leadership

Bishop Anthonisamy Neethinathan

Bishop Anthonisamy Neethinathan is the first the current bishop of Chingleput in charge from July 19, 2002. Saint Joseph's Cathedral is the seat of power located in Chingleput. The bishop house is located in JK Nagar, Chingleput.

Bishop

• Bishops of Chingleput
  • Anthonisamy Neethinathan (July 19, 2002 – present)

Shrines

St.Thomas Mount Shrine

• St. Thomas National Shrine.
• Divine Mercy Hill Shrine – Chingleput.
• Mazhai Malai Madha Shrine – Acharapakkam.
• St. Antony’s Shrine – Palavakkam
• Our Lady of Fatima’s Shrine – Tambaram.
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine – Covelong (Kovalam).
• St. Jude’s Shrine – Vanuvampet

Vicariates

There are 11 vicariates in the Chingleput diocese.

• Chingleput
• Cheyyur
• Covelong
• Kancheepuram
• Madurantagam
• Palavakkam
• Pallavaram
• Palliagaram
• St. Thomas Mount
• Tambaram
• Guduvancherry

See also

• Chingleput District (Madras Presidency)

External links

• GCatholic.org ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}