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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore

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Territory
  
Tamil Nadu

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
India

Secular priests
  
152

Ecclesiastical province
  
Madras and Mylapore

Area
  
3,160 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
George Antonysamy

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 6,984,614 343,103 (4.9%)

Established
  
13th November 1952 (Papal Bull, ‘Ex Primaevae Ecclesiae’ by Pope Pius XII)

Co-cathedral
  
St. Mary of the Angels Co-Cathedral, Georgetown

Emeritus bishop
  
Malayappan Chinnappa (2005–2012)

Cathedrals
  
St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai, Santhome

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.

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History

  • 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).

    • Leadership

  • 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)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Chingleput
  • Coimbatore
  • Ootacamund
  • Vellore

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore Wikipedia
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