Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam

The Diocese of Kumbakonam (Kumbakonamen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its episcopal see is Kumbakonam. The Diocese of Kumbakonam is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore.

History

 * 1 September 1899: Established as Diocese of Kumbakonam from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry

Special churches

 * Minor Basilicas:
 * Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Poondi

Leadership

 * Bishops of Kumbakonam
 * Bishop Jeevandham Amalanathan (11 February 2024 - Present)
 * Bishop Antonysamy Francis (31 May 2008 – 11 February 2024)
 * Bishop Peter Remigius (10 November 1989 – 30 June 2007)
 * Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy (5 May 1955 – 16 August 1988)
 * Bishop Peter Francis Rayappa (24 February 1931 – 20 September 1954)
 * Bishop Marie-Augustine Chapuis, M.E.P. (21 May 1913 – 17 December 1928)
 * Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. (5 September 1899 – 21 May 1913)

Saints and causes for canonisation

 * Servant of God Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan
 * Servant of God Fr. John Peter Savarinayagam, O.F.M. Cap.