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| Diocese
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Coimbatore |
| Rite |
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Latin |
| Country
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India |
| Province |
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Chennai - Mylapore |
| Ordinary |
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Most
Rev. Dr. L. Thomas Aquinas, D.D., D.C.L, |
| Address
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Bishop's
House,
Post Box No.6,
Coimbatore 641 001,
Tamil Nadu,
South India. |
| Telephone
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0422
- 2390430, 0422 - 2382806, |
| Fax |
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0422
- 2394530 |
| E
Mail |
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cbebishophouse@vsnl.com |
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| Members
of the college of the consult: |
| Msgr.Gurusamy,
Vicar General |
| Very.Rev.Fr.A.S.
Madalaimuthu, V.F. of Coimbatore Vicariate |
| Very.Rev.Fr.Oubagara Maria xavier, V.F. of Karumathampatty Vicariate |
| Very.Rev.Fr.Louis, V.F. of Dharapuram Vicariate |
| Very.Rev.Fr.Maria Irudayanathan, V.F. of Palghat Vicariate |
| Very.Rev.Fr.Ephrem,V.F.of Pollachi Vicariate |
| Very.Rev.Fr.Amalraj,V.F of Erode Vicariate |
| Very.Rev.Fr.Arokiasamy,V.F. of Meyyupalayam Vicariate |
| Rev.Fr.Melchoir,
Procurator & Chancellor |
| Rev.Fr.Aloysius Xavier |
| Rev.Fr.George
Sagayaraj |
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| Members
of the Financial Committee: |
| The
Bishop |
| Vicar
General |
| Financial
Administrator |
| Fr.
Maria Irudayanathan |
|
Fr. Ephraem |
| Fr.
P.John Joseph |
|
Fr.Joseph Dhanaraj |
|
Fr .Lazer Sunderraj |
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| STATISTICS |
Area
of the Territory : a) in square Kilometers...28,490 Sq.Kms.
b) in square miles...11,000. |
Total
Population...4, 224,107 Catholics...250139. .
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Total
No. of Parishes...70 (Under Diocesan Clergy-65, Under Religious-4)
No. of Substations 129 |
Total No. of Diocesan Priests...125 (resident in the diocese-118,
elsewhere in the country-1,
resident abroad- 6) |
Professed
non-priest religious-8 (pontifical-6, diocesan-2) |
Professed Women Religious- 686. |
Training
centers for candidates for the priesthood in the diocesan
clergy - 2 (for secondary school - 1, for philosophy &
theology - 1) |
Training
centers for candidates for the priesthood in the religious
clergy – 4 (for secondary school students) |
No.
of Educational Institutions in the diocese - 117. No. of Students
in the Institutions - 80,429 |
No.
of Charitable Institutions in the Diocese - 171. |
| Hospitals
- 7, Dispensaries - 20, Leprosaria - 1, Homes for the Old,
chronically ill, invalids & handicapped - 12, Orphanages
and other child welfares - 12, Nurseries - 5, Matrimonial
advise centers and centers for protection of life-4, Special
center for social education or re-education - 22, Mother,
Child health program, women development, self employment Christian
children fund - 89. |
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