Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin
The Diocese of Cochin (Lat. Dioecesis Coccinensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India, headquartered in Kochi.
History
The Diocese of Cochin was established on February 4, 1558 from the diocese of Goa out. Was from territorial cessions out the former archbishopric Angamalé ( 1599), the former mission sui juris Madura ( 1606), the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore ( 1606 ), the then Apostolic Vicariate of Malabar (1659 ), the then Diocese of Ceylon (1834 ) and the diocese of Alleppey (1952 ) was founded.
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Verapoly.
Ordinaries
- Jorge Temudo OP (1557-1567)
- Henrique de Brito e Távora OP (1576-1578)
- António de Beja ( 1578)
- Mateus de Medina OSA (1579-1588)
- André de Santa Maria, OFM (1588-1610)
- Sebastião de São Pedro OSA (1615-1624)
- Luís de Brito e Meneses OSA (1628-1629)
- Francisco Barreto (1630 )
- Miguel da Cruz Rangel OP (1633-1646)
- António da Serpa ( 1647)
- João Celo (1650)
- Francesco Baretto, S. J. (? -1663 )
- Fábio dos Reis Fernandes, O.Carm. (1668 )
- Fernando de Santa Maria ( 1672)
- António de São Dionísio OSA (1676-1685)
- Pedro da Silva OSA (1688-1691)
- António de Santa Teresa (1692 )
- Pedro Pacheco OP (1694-1713)
- Francisco Pedro dos Martires ( 1717)
- Francisco de Vasconcelos, SJ (1722-1742)
- António da Conceição ( 1745)
- José Clemente Colaço Leitão, SJ (1745-1776)
- Sebastião da Costa ( 1777)
- Manuel de Santa Catarina OCD (1778-1785)
- José da Soledade OCD (1785-1818)
- Tomas Manoel de Noronha e Brito OP (1819-1828), later Bishop of Olinda
- João Gomes Ferreira (1887-1897)
- Matheus de Oliveira Xavier (1897-1909), later Archbishop of Goa
- José Bento Martins Ribeiro (1909-1931)
- Abílio Augusto Vaz das Neves (1933-1938), later Bishop of Bragança and Miranda
- José Vieira Alvernaz (1941-1950), later Coadjutor Archbishop of Goa and DaMao
- Edezath Alexander (1952-1975)
- Joseph Kureethara (1975-1999)
- John Thattumkal SSC (2000-2009)
- Joseph Kariyil (since 2009)