Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore

The Archdiocese of Madras - Mylapore Archdiocese or Chennai Meliapor (Latin Archidioecesis Madraspolitanus et Meliaporensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu with the bishopric Chennai ( Madras).

The cathedral of the diocese is St. Thomas Basilica in Mylapore district. The Archdiocese of Madras - Mylapore includes the city of Chennai and Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. The archbishopric subject to the suffragan Chingleput, Coimbatore, Ootacamund and Vellore.

History

Forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Madras - Mylapore is founded in 1642 from the Diocese of São Tomé Meliapore out Vicariate Apostolic of Fort Saint George. In 1832 it was renamed Vicariate Apostolic Madras. On February 17, 1845 Apostolic Vicariate were parts of its territory from establishing the Apostolic Vicariate Hyderabad and Vizagapatam. The scale-up to an archbishopric was held on 1 September 1886. 1928 gave the archbishopric of parts of its territory establishing the mission sui juris from Bellary and the Diocese of Nellore. The Archdiocese of Madras - Mylapore was taken on November 13, 1952 by the union of the Archdiocese of Madras with the Diocese of São Tomé Meliapore ( established on January 9, 1606 ); same areas were issued establishing the dioceses Vellore and Tanjore. On 19 July 2002 parts of the diocesan territory to the newly created Diocese of Chingleput Location.

Ordinaries

  • Daniel O'Connell, O.S.A. (1835-1840)
  • Patrick Joseph Carew (1840-1842)
  • John Fennelly (1842-1868)
  • Stephen Fennelly (1868-1880)
  • Joseph Colgan (1882-1911)
  • John Aelen, M.H.M. (1911-1928)
  • Eugène Mederlet SDB (1928-1934)
  • Louis Mathias SDB (1935-1965)
  • Anthony Rayappa Arulappa (1966-1987)
  • Casimir Gnanadickam SJ (1987-1993)
  • James Masilamony Arul The (1994-2004)
  • Malayappan Chinnappa SDB (2005-2012)
  • George Antonysamy, since 2012
Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Chingleput Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore Roman Catholic Diocese of Ootacamund Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary Roman Catholic Diocese of Nellore Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanjore Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Imphal Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
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