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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

Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 12,124,000 258,600 (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.

Contents

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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