A parish comprising some 30,000 souls is confided to their care.

The district comprised the following civil parishes (area in 1881):

The original parish comprised 25 to 30 families.

The parish comprises 45,771 statute acres, of which about 1,203 are bog.

Since the parish here predominantly comprise local fishing folks, mass is always held in the regional language Tamil.

The parish comprised isolated farmsteads and a manor house.

The diocese is made up of thirteen parishes and five ministry districts comprising 80 small congregations.

The municipality is composed of 6 parishes comprising the following towns:

It is a civil parish comprising many townlands.

The average parish has 7,500 members, with the smallest parishes comprising only a few hundred members and the largest tens of thousands.