Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore

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Metropolitan Madras and Mylapore Patron saint Michael the Archangel Area 28,490 km²		Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Country India

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)12,124,000258,600 (2.1%) Cathedral St. Michael’s Cathedral in Coimbatore Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore (Latin: Coimbaturen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Coimbatore in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India.

History

1850: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Coimbatore from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madura and Coromandel Coast and Diocese of Madura

September 1, 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Coimbatore

Leadership

Vicars Apostolic of Coimbatore (Latin Rite)

Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. † (16 Mar 1845 Appointed - 18 Mar 1855 Resigned)

Claude-Marie Dépommier, M.E.P. † (17 Feb 1865 Appointed - 8 Dec 1873 Died)

Bishops of Coimbatore (Latin Rite)

Etienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou, M.E.P. † (30 Apr 1874 Appointed - 7 Feb 1903 Died)

Jacques-Denis Peyramale, M.E.P. † (23 May 1903 Appointed - 17 Aug 1903 Died)

Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P. † (12 Feb 1904 Appointed - 4 Dec 1930 Retired)

Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. † (12 Jan 1932 Appointed - Jan 1938 Resigned)

Ubagarasamy Bernadeth † (9 Apr 1940 Appointed - 5 Feb 1949 Died)

Francis Xavier Muthappa † (25 Dec 1949 Appointed - 23 Nov 1971 Died)

Manuel Visuvasam † (3 Feb 1972 Appointed - 2 Jun 1979 Died)

Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † (6 Dec 1979 Appointed - 10 Jul 2002 Retired)

Thomas Aquinas Lephonse (10 Jul 2002 Appointed - )

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore Wikipedia

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