Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kottar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottar
Roman Catholic diocese in Tamil Nadu, India
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottar (Latin: Kottaren(sis), Tamil: கோட்டாறு மறைமாவட்டம்) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of, Kottar, Kanyakumari District, southern India[1] yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Its episcopal see is Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier at Kottar in the town of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. It was built by St. Francis Xavier in 1544 AD, rebuilt in 1603 over the small chapel original chapel, expanded in both 1713 and 1806.[2]