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Cardinal Cheong

The cathedral of the first diocese in India.

It is believed that Christianity was introduced to India by Thomas the Apostle,
who is said to have reached the Malabar Coast of Kerala in 52 AD.

Christian communities developed and expanded further when
Portuguese missionaries arrived in the 13th and 14th centuries.

History of a few oldest dioceses in India as the cradle of Indian Christianity
can be dated back to the 15th century.

Find out which is the first diocese in India here.

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Diocese of Vellore

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Activities and Organizations

Catholic Social Welfare

  • AIDS hospices:
    0
  • Centers for youth:
    1
  • Home for the elderly:
    5
  • Homes for the disabled:
    1
  • Hospitals, clinics and dispensaries:
    42
  • Hostels for youth:
    1
  • Orphanages:
    38
  • Socio-economic centers:
    8

Major Diocesan Commissions and Organizations

  • Catechetical
  • Clergy
  • Dialogue and Ecumenism
  • Education
  • Evangelization
  • Labor
  • Laity
  • Liturgy
  • Peace and Justice
  • Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Backward Castes
  • Social Communication
  • Vocation
  • Youth

Other Church Organizations and Associations

  • Apostolic Union of the Clergy
  • Catholic Association
  • Catholic Nurses' Guild
  • Kolping Society
  • Legion of Mary
  • Pious Association
  • Pontifical Mission Aid Societies
  • Pontifical Missionary
  • St. Vincent De Paul Society
  • The diocese also runs a newsletter

Social Communications

  • Father Saghaya Nathan Kanikairaj is in charge of the diocesan social communications office

Catholic Educational Institutions

  • Technical Schools:
    31
  • Technical Schools - Students:
    1,455
  • Post Secondary schools:
    17
  • Post Secondary schools - Students:
    14,434
  • Pre-primary schools:
    23
  • Pre-primary schools - Students:
    4,560
  • Primary schools:
    80
  • Primary schools - Students:
    22,090
  • Secondary schools:
    20
  • Secondary schools- Students:
    5,992
  • Colleges:
    2
  • Colleges - Students:
    2,355
  • Middle schools:
    27
  • Middle schools - Students:
    16,668

Major Diocesan Commissions and Organizations

  • Family

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