Diocese of Kumbakonam
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DIOCESE OF KUMBAKONAM · EST. 1899

Religious Congregations

Many Communities United in One Mission of Faith and Service

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THE DIOCESAN FAMILY

One Diocese. Three Communities. One Mission.

Explore the religious congregations and their places of service across the Diocese of Kumbakonam.

✝ 12 Religious Priests
✧ 1 Religious Brothers
❀ 27 Religious Sisters
✦ 40 Total Congregations
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COMMUNITY 01

Religious Priests

12 Congregations

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S.NO NAME OF THE CONGREGATION PLACE / PARISH
1 Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) (CMF)
⌖ Kumbakonam ⌖ Villiavarambal
2 Heralds of Good News (HGN)
⌖ Melavaladi, Gabrielpuram
3 Missionaries of Compassion (MoC)
⌖ Thirumanthurai
4 Monfort Fathers (SMM)
⌖ Kumbakonam ⌖ S. Pudur
5 Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)
⌖ Thataiangarpet
6 Order of Friars Minor Capuchins (OFM-CAP)
⌖ Amalashram ⌖ Samayapuram
7 Order of Mother of God (OMD)
⌖ Samayapuram
8 Order of the Discalced Carmelites (OCD)
⌖ Valangaiman
9 Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB)
⌖ Manakal ⌖ Varadarajanpet
10 Servants of Charity (Guanellians) (SDC)
⌖ Guanellanagar
11 Society of Jesus - Jesuits (S.J.)
⌖ Thriumanur ⌖ Vilangudi, Thirumanur
12 Society of the Catholic Apostolate (SAC) (Pallottines)
⌖ Melathirupanthuruthi
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Religious Brothers

1 Congregation

1
S.NO NAME OF THE CONGREGATION PLACE / PARISH
1 Monfort Brothers of St. Gabriel (S.G)
⌖ Ariyalur
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Religious Sisters

27 Congregations

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S.NO NAME OF THE CONGREGATION PLACE / PARISH
1 Canossian Daughters of Charity (FDCC)
⌖ Punalvasal
2 Congregation of Teresian Carmelites (CTC)
⌖ Perambalur - Hospital ⌖ Samayapuram ⌖ Vizhapallam ⌖ Valangaiman
3 Congregation of the Immaculate Conception (CIC)
⌖ Pudur ⌖ Uthamanur
4 Congregation of the Sisters of St Anne of Tiruchirapalli (SAT)
⌖ Alambakkam ⌖ Annamangalam ⌖ Ariyalur ⌖ Gabrielpuram ⌖ Irungalur ⌖ Konalai ⌖ Konalai - Malai Madha ⌖ Konnaikudy ⌖ Kulamanickam ⌖ Pudukottai ⌖ Vadaveekam
5 Congregation of Sisters of Jesus (CSJ)
⌖ Kumbakonam - SH Hospital ⌖ Susaiyapparpattinam
6 Congregation of Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart
⌖ Thogur, Sukkambar
7 Daughters of St Mary of Providence (Guanellians) (DSMP)
⌖ Bethany Home ⌖ Kumbakonam
8 Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bethlemite Sisters (BETHL)
⌖ Koovathur
9 Daughters of Mercy
⌖ Thirumanthurai
10 Dimesse Sisters Congregation
⌖ Sivapuram, Kumbakonam ⌖ S. Pudur
11 Franciscan Servants of Mary (FSM)
⌖ Ramanathapuram Kattur
12 Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours (FBS)
⌖ Padalur ⌖ Vadagarai
13 Franciscan Sisters of St Aloysius Gonzaga (FSAG)
⌖ Vadakalur
14 Franciscan Sisters of St Joseph - Chennai (FSJ)
⌖ Thuraiyur ⌖ Thiruvalanthurai ⌖ Perambalur ⌖ Perambalur - Elambalur ⌖ Perumalpalayam
15 Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pondicherry (FIHM)
⌖ Ariyalur ⌖ Elakurichi ⌖ Kumbakonam - IHM Convent ⌖ Kumbakonam - St Joseph's Convent ⌖ Kumbakonam - Idhaya College ⌖ Keela Michaelpatti ⌖ Kottapalayam ⌖ Manathidal ⌖ Megalathur ⌖ Michaelpatti ⌖ Naduvalur ⌖ Palayam ⌖ Papanasam - Sundaraperumal Kovil ⌖ Periyarvarseeli ⌖ Pullambadi - Hospital ⌖ Purathakudi - Convent ⌖ Purathakudi - Health Centre ⌖ Thiruvaiyaru - Sengamedu ⌖ Thiruvaiyaru ⌖ Thennur ⌖ Varadarajanpet - Convent ⌖ Varadarajanpet - Hospital ⌖ Viragalur
16 Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (FSPM)
⌖ Mathur
17 Missionary Sisters of Incarnation (SMI)
⌖ Jayankondam - X-Road
18 Mother of Sorrows Servants of Mary (OSM)
⌖ Ammanpet ⌖ Musiri ⌖ Papanasam ⌖ Thirupanthurithy ⌖ Thottiam
19 Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCD)
⌖ Kumbakonam
20 Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (SMMI)
⌖ Ayyampet ⌖ Kumbakonam - Holy Angel's Convent ⌖ Kumbakonam - SH Hospital ⌖ Kumbakonam - St Anne's Hospital ⌖ Jayakondam ⌖ Kottapalayam ⌖ Kokkudy ⌖ Kulumur ⌖ Poondi ⌖ Pattanakurichy
21 Sisters of Charity of St Mary (SCSM)
⌖ Eraiyur ⌖ Tolgate - Koothur ⌖ Kumbakonam ⌖ Viragalur - Alambadimettur
22 Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny (SJC)
⌖ Vandalai
23 Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition (SJA)
⌖ Thirumanthurai
24 Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod (SCC)
⌖ Kovandakurichy ⌖ Fathimapuram ⌖ Kallakudi ⌖ Sembodai ⌖ Vadugarpet ⌖ Padalur - Ayyakudi ⌖ Amalashram
25 Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SSHJ)
⌖ K.V.pet ⌖ Kulamanickam
26 Society of Daughters of Mary Immaculate and Collaborators (DMI)
⌖ Fathimapuram ⌖ Valigondapuram
27 Society of the Sisters of St Anne (Madras) (SSA)
⌖ Kumbakonam ⌖ Kumilankuzhi ⌖ Lalkudi ⌖ Thondamanthurai ⌖ Varadarajanpet
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United in Faith, Serving in Love

Diocese of Kumbakonam · Religious Congregations

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