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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore/Madras and Myliapor (Latin: Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis)) is an archdiocese based in the city of Madras (now Chennai), in India. It took also the name of the ancient diocese of Mylapore, now a suburb of Chennai.
January 9, 1606: erection of the diocese of Mylapore by pope Paul V by agreement with the king of Portugal who received power to appoint bishops and priests and, in a generall way, to look after the evangelization of the area (Padroado system and jurisdiction)
1642: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Fort Saint George from the Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore
1832: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Madras
September 1, 1886: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras
October 10, 1950: The Padroado system is cancelled. The Diocese of Mylapore comes under the jurisdiction of the 'Propaganda Fide'.
November 13, 1952: Mylapore and Madras are merged into the renamed 'Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore' (Bull Ex primaevae ecclesiae of Pius XII).
Archbishops of Madras and Mylapore (Latin Rite)
Archbishop George Antonysamy (November 21, 2012 – present); formerly, Apostolic Nuncio (Liberia, Gambia, & Sierra Leone)
Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B. (April 1, 2005 – November 21, 2012)
Archbishop James Masilamony Arul Das (May 11, 1994 – August 30, 2004)
Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. (January 26, 1987 – November 10, 1993)
Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa (February 1, 1966 – January 26, 1987)
Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. (November 13, 1952 – August 2, 1965)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Madras (Latin Rite)
Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. (March 25, 1935 – November 13, 1952)
Archbishop Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B. (July 3, 1928 – December 12, 1934)
Archbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M. (February 13, 1911 – 1928)
Archbishop Joseph Colgan (May 19, 1882 – February 13, 1911)
Vicars Apostolic of Madras (Roman Rite)
Bishop Stephen Fennelly (1868-1880)
Bishop John Fennelly (1841-1868)
Bishop Patrick Joseph Carew (1840-1841)
Bishop Daniel O’Connor, O.S.A. (1834-1940)
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Coimbatore
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Vellore
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