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Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India, archdiocese of

Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India, archdiocese of

Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India, archdiocese of

Founded as the Vicariate Apostolic of Coromandel Coast in 1836. Elevated to the diocese of Pondicherry on 1 September 1886 and entrusted to the Foreign Missions of Paris. Elevated to the archdiocese of Pondicherry on 7 June 1887. Name changed to the archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore on 7 August 1953. Suffragan dioceses include:

Dharmapuri

Kumbakonam

Salem

Thanjavur

See also,

Catholic-Hierarchy.Org

archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

patron saints index

New Catholic Dictionary

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary