The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sivagangai is located at the southeast corner of Bay of Bengal, 45 km east of Madurai city, in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Diocese of Sivagangai Dioecesis Sivagangaiensis சிவகங்கை மறைமாவட்டம்
Alangara Annai Cathedral, Sivagangai.
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Madurai
Metropolitan	Madurai
Coordinates	9.8468°N 78.4792°E / 9.8468; 78.4792
Statistics
Area	8,353 km2 (3,225 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,479,560 225,548 (9.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	3 July 1987
Cathedral	Alangara Annai Cathedral in Sivaganga
Patron saint	St John de Brito
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Most Rev. Lourdu Anandam
Metropolitan Archbishop	Anthony Pappusamy
Bishops emeritus	1. Rev Dr Edward Francis (1987-2005) 2. Rev Dr Jebamalai Susaimanickam (1 April 2005-25 September 2020)
Website
https://rcdioceseofsivagangai.org

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It was established on July 25, 1987, bifurcated from the Archdiocese of Madurai. The Most Rev. S. Edward Francis was the First Bishop of the new Diocese and Bp. Jebamalai Susaimanickam succeeded him as the second bishop. On September 21st, 2023, The Most Rev. Dr. Lourdu Anandam was announced as the third bishop of the diocese, and his episcopal consecration took place on November 26th, 2023.

The territory of the diocese includes two civil districts Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai. The total population of the area is 2,502,340 of which the Catholic population is 177,868 (8.1%) and still growing. 20 years after the diocese has 62 parish centers, 734 mission stations about 107 diocesan clergy, 19 religious order priests and over 350 religious men and women serving at various religious and educational institutions in the diocesan region.

• St. John de Britto (1693), the patron saint of the diocese, entered the region as a Jesuit missionary from Europe and became the bedrock of faith for thousands of people. He was beheaded at Oriyur on Feb 4, 1693 by a regional king for preaching about Jesus Christ and establishing churches.^[1]
• Servant of God Fr. Louis Marie Leveil, SJ^[2]
• Servant of God Fr. Antonio Pietro Criminali^[3][4]

First bishop was Edward Francis.

Second bishop was Rev Dr Jebamalai Susaimanickam.

The Most Rev. Dr. Lourdu Anandam is the third and current Bishop.