Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Madras and Mylapore

India India

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Madras and Mylapore (English) / Madras and Myliapor (English) / Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Chingleput, Coimbatore, Ootacamund, Vellore

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thomas

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.11.21 – ...):Archbishop George Antonysamy (72)Archbishop George Antonysamy (72)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Madras and Mylapore (Roman Rite)

Archbishop George Antonysamy (72)Archbishop George Antonysamy (72)
(2012.11.21 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India
Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

Lumen fidei

Born:1952.02.15 (Tiruchirapalli, India)
Ordained Priest:1980.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:2005.09.21

Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1980.11.19 – 2005.08.04)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1988.05.04 – 1998.11.10)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1998.11.10 – 2005.08.04)

Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea (2005.08.04 – 2008.09.08)

Titular Archbishop of Sulci (2005.08.04 – 2012.11.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia (2005.08.04 – 2012.11.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia (2005.08.04 – 2012.11.21)

Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone (2005.09.20 – 2012.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (2012.11.21 – ...)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2017.02.06 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2022.11.11 – ...)

Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B. (87)Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa, S.D.B. (87)
(2005.04.01 – 2012.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (India)

To serve my life for many

Born:1937.07.23 (Ayandur-Mugaiyur, India)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1994.01.25

Bishop of Vellore (India) (1993.11.17 – 2005.04.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (2005.04.01 – 2012.11.21)

Archbishop James Masilamony Arul Das
(1994.05.11 – 2004.08.30)

Born:1930.01.14 (India)
Ordained Priest:1955.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1974.02.20
Died:2004.08.30 († 74)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1973.12.21 – 1994.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1994.05.11 – 2004.08.30)

Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J.
(1987.01.26 – 1993.11.10)

Born:1925.04.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1985.06.16
Died:1993.11.10 († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (1984.12.03 – 1987.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1987.01.26 – 1993.11.10)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1993 – 1993.11.10)

Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa
(1966.02.01 – 1987.01.26)

Born:1912.10.02 (India)
Ordained Priest:1938.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1966.03.25
Died:1996.08.02 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1966.02.01 – 1987.01.26)

Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B.
(1952.11.13 – 1965.08.02)

Born:1887.07.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:1913.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1934.11.10
Died:1965.08.02 († 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Assam (India) (1922.12.15 – 1934.07.09)

Bishop of Shillong (India) (1934.07.09 – 1935.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India) (1935.03.25 – 1952.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1952.11.13 – 1965.08.02)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Madras (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B.
(1935.03.25 – 1952.11.13)

(see above)

Archbishop Eugène Mederlet, S.D.B.
(1928.07.03 – 1934.12.12)

Born:1867.11.15 (France)
Ordained Priest:1894.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1928.10.28
Died:1934.12.12 († 67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India) (1928.07.03 – 1934.12.12)

Archbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M.
(1911.02.13 – 1928.02.25)

Born:1854.12.24 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1878.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1902.02.02
Died:1929.02.11 († 74)

Titular Archbishop of Themisonium (1901.12.02 – 1911.02.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Madras (India) (1901.12.02 – 1911.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India) (1911.02.13 – 1928.02.25)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis (1928.02.25 – 1929.02.11)

Archbishop Joseph Colgan
(1886.09.01 – 1911.02.13)

Born:1821.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:1882.08.24
Died:1911.02.13 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis (1882.05.19 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1882.05.19 – 1886.09.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras (India) (1886.09.01 – 1911.02.13)

Vicars Apostolic of Madras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Colgan (later Archbishop)
(1882.05.19 – 1886.09.01)

(see above)

Bishop Stephen Fennelly
(1868.03.01 – 1880.05.03)

Born:1817.12.26 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1843.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1868.10.04
Died:1880.05.03 († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1868.03.01 – 1880.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Thermopylæ (1868.07.07 – 1880.05.03)

Bishop John Fennelly
(1841.04.30 – 1868.01.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1841.06.27
Died:1868.01.23

Titular Bishop of Castoria (1841.04.30 – 1868.01.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1841.04.30 – 1868.01.23)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Carew (later Archbishop)
(1840.04.04 – 1840.11.30)

Born:1800? (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1838.06.24
Died:1855.11.02 († 54)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1838.03.06 – 1840.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia (1838.03.06 – 1840.11.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1840.04.04 – 1840.11.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Bengal (India) (1840.11.30 – 1850.02.15)

Titular Archbishop of Edessa (1840.11.30 – 1855.11.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal (India) (1850.02.15 – 1855.11.02)

Bishop Daniel O’Connell, O.E.S.A.
(1834.04.23 – 1840.04.04)

Born:1786.07.06 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1810?
Consecrated Bishop:1834.08.03
Died:1867.07.10 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1834.04.23 – 1840.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1834.04.25 – 1867.07.10)

Bishop-elect John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1832.07.04 – 1833.06.03)

Adjutor Deus

Born:1794.10.18 (England)
Ordained Priest:1819.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:1834.06.29
Died:1877.03.16 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea (1832.07.03 – 1842.04.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1832.07.04 – 1833.06.03)

Vicar Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (Australia) (1833.06.03 – 1842.04.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Sydney (Australia) (1842.04.05 – 1842.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1842.04.22 – 1877.03.16)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Cuddapah (↙), Vellore (←), Nellore (↑), Chingleput (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,160 km²

Population: 785,574 Catholics (7.3% of 10,731,973 total)

Pastoral Centres: 136 parishes, 238 missions

Personnel: 472 priests (171 diocesan, 301 religious), 2,775 religious (375 brothers, 2,400 sisters), 39 seminarians

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