Diocese of Dharmapuri, India 🇮🇳 (original) (raw)

1997.01.24: Established as Diocese of Dharmapuri / Dharmapurien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Salem and became suffragan of Pondicherry and Cuddalore)

Bishop (2012.01.13 – ...):	Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (70)

Area: 9,641 km²

Population: 56,162 Catholics (1.6% of 3,450,894 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 121 priests (65 diocesan, 56 religious), 265 religious (56 brothers, 209 sisters), 16 seminarians