COIMBATORE (COIMBATUR), DIOCESE OF. - On 16 March 1845 the pro-vicariate of C. was detached from the apostolic vicariate of the Coromandel Coast, then elevated in 1850 to an apostolic vicariate and finally, in 1886, to a diocese. The fathers of the Paris Foreign Missions worked in the mission until 1940, when it passed, with some limitation of territory, to the indigenous clergy.

The area is 18,122 sq. km., the population is about 2,850,000 inhabitants, of whom 2,700,000 are Hindus, 64,000 Muslims, 44,000 Catholics and 30,000 Protestants.

The priests, all indigenous, number 50, the seminarians 20. There are also some religious. The nuns number about 200. Quasi-parishes 34, churches with a priest's residence 32, without a residence 64. The elementary schools are 45, the middle schools 10 and the high schools 3 with 11,000 pupils. The works of assistance and charity are fairly well developed. The diocese is a suffragan of Pondicherry.

Bibliography

BIBL.: MC, p. 85.

Pompeo Borgna

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