Dindigul is one of the District headquarters in the south of Tamilnadu, carved out of Madurai District in the year 1985. The district is famous for its tannery industries. It is the seventeenth diocese of Tamilnadu created by the orders received from Holy Father Pope John Paul II, on Nov 10, 2003. Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy was installed as the first bishop of this diocese on Dec 28, 2003. The diocese consists of four Vicariates namely Kosavapatty, Panjampattti, Maravaapatti, and Anandarayankottai. The enumerated catholic population is 1,03,049. In our search for a land to establish a formation house for the Province as per the direction of the then Superior General we focused on Dindigul diocese to have it there.