Roman Catholic Diocese of Chingleput

Diocese of Chingleput

Dioecesis Chingleputensis

செங்கல்பட்டு மறைமாவட்ட
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical provinceMadras and Mylapore
Statistics
Area1,711 km2 (661 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2006)
  • 2,875,000
  • 126,951 (4.4%)
Parishes110
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSaint Joseph's Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopAnthonisamy Neethinathan
Metropolitan ArchbishopGeorge Antonysamy
Website
Website of the Diocese

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.