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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Kumbakonam <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Kumbakonamensis<br />
|local = கும்பகோணம் மறைமாவட்டம்<br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|metropolitan = <br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|Pondicherry and Cuddalore]]<br />
|denomination = [[Catholic Church]]<br />
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]<br />
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = St. Mary’s Cathedral in [[Kumbakonam]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|area_km2 = 7,823 <br />
|population = 2,605,732 <br />
|population_as_of = 2004 <br />
|catholics = 195,582 <br />
|catholics_percent= 7.5 <br />
|parishes = 88<br />
|patron = [[St John de Brito]] <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Jeevanandam Amalanathan]]<br />
|metro_archbishop = [[Francis Kalist]]<br />
|emeritus_bishops = [[AnthonySamy Francis]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|vicar_general = [[Philomin Doss]]<br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
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|website = [http://www.dioceseofkumbakonam.org/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
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The '''Diocese of Kumbakonam''' ({{langx|la| 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 [[Metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore]].<br />
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==History==<br />
* 1 September 1899: Established as Diocese of Kumbakonam from the [[Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry]]<br />
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==Special churches==<br />
*Minor Basilicas:<br />
**[[Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Poondi]]<br />
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==Leadership==<br />
* [[Bishops in the Catholic Church|Bishop]]s of Kumbakonam<br />
** Bishop [[Jeevandham Amalanathan]] (13 January 2024 - Present)<br />
** Bishop [[Antonysamy Francis]] (31 May 2008 – 13 January 2024)<br />
** Bishop [[Peter Remigius]] (10 November 1989 – 30 June 2007)<br />
** Bishop [[Daniel Paul Arulswamy]] (5 May 1955 – 16 August 1988)<br />
** Bishop [[Peter Francis Rayappa]] (24 February 1931 – 20 September 1954)<br />
** Bishop [[Marie-Augustine Chapuis]], [[Paris Foreign Missions Society|M.E.P.]] (21 May 1913 – 17 December 1928)<br />
** Bishop [[Hugues-Madelain Bottero]], M.E.P. (5 September 1899 – 21 May 1913)<br />
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==Saints and causes for canonisation==<br />
* Servant of God Fr. Lourdu Xavier Savarirayan<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|access-date=Oct 17, 2019}}</ref><br />
* Servant of God Fr. [[John Peter Savarinayagam]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|O.F.M. Cap.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Capuchin declared 'Servant of God' in Tamil Nadu |url=https://mattersindia.com/2019/12/capuchin-declared-servant-of-god-in-tamil-nadu/ |website=Matters India |access-date=26 February 2020 |date=5 December 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Diocese of Kumbakonam}}<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kumb0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkmbk.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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