Diocese of Tiruchirapalli, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tiruchirapalli / Trichy / Tiruchirapolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madurai

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1606: Established as Mission sui juris of Madura (from Diocese of Cochin)
1700: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Coromandel Coast
1773: Suppressed (to Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor and Mission sui juris of Coromandel Coast)
1836.07.08: Restored as Apostolic Prefecture of Madura (English) (from Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor and Mission sui juris of Coromandel Coast)
1846.05.19: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Madura and Coromandel Coast (English) / Madura et Côte de Coromandel (français)
1886.09.01: Promoted as Diocese of Madurai
1887.06.07: Renamed as Diocese of Trichinopoly (became suffragan of Pondicherry)
1893.10.02: Became suffragan of Bombay
1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tuticorin
1929.07.03: Exchanged territory with Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor
1938.01.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Madura
1950.10.21: Renamed as Diocese of Tiruchirapalli / Trichy / Tiruchirapolitan(us) (Latin)
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Madurai
2003.10.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Dindigul

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.29 – ...):

Bishop Savarimuthu Arokiaraj (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tiruchirapalli (Roman Rite)

Bishop Savarimuthu Arokiaraj (70)
(2021.06.29 – ...)

Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India)

Born:	1954.10.24 (Lalapettai, India)
Ordained Priest:	1981.01.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.15

Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1981.01.08 – 2021.06.29)

Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India) (2021.06.29 – ...)

Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.07.14 – 2021.06.29)

Bishop Antony Devotta
(2000.11.16 – 2018.07.14)

That they may all be one

Born:	1943.06.30 (San Thome, India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.01.28
Died:	2019.10.15 (Tiruchirapalli, India † 76)

Priest of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1971.08.27 – 2000.11.16)

Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India) (2000.11.16 – 2018.07.14)

Bishop Gabriel Lawrence Sengol
(1990.10.06 – 1997.10.14)

Born:	1928.09.18 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1955.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.12.30
Died:	2012.01.29 († 83)

Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1990.10.06 – 1997.10.14)

Bishop Thomas Fernando
(1970.11.23 – 1990.10.06)

Born:	1913.05.09 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1939.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.10.01
Died:	2006.07.04 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Abitinæ (1950.06.25 – 1953.06.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin (India) (1950.06.25 – 1953.06.26)

Bishop of Tuticorin (India) (1953.06.26 – 1970.11.23)

Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1970.11.23 – 1990.10.06)

Bishop James Mendonça
(1950.10.21 – 1970.11.23)

Born:	1892.01.02 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1927.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.07.25
Died:	1978.04.14 († 86)

Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1938.03.07 – 1950.10.21)

Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (India) (1950.10.21 – 1970.11.23)

Bishops of Trichinopoly (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Mendonça
(1938.03.07 – 1950.10.21)

(see above)

Bishop John Peter Leonard, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1936.01.02 – 1938.01.08)

Born:	1889.12.29 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1921.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.03.15
Died:	1985.12.05 († 95)

Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1936.01.02 – 1938.01.08)

Bishop of Madurai (India) (1938.01.08 – 1953.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (1953.09.19 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Izirzada (1967.04.13 – 1976.07.25)

Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J.
(1913.12.19 – 1934.09.24)

Born:	1853.06.30 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.06.27
Died:	1935.05.25 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Dodona (1909.03.30 – 1913.12.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1909.03.30 – 1913.12.19)

Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1913.12.19 – 1934.09.24)

Titular Bishop of Elatea (1934.09.24 – 1935.05.25)

Bishop Jean-Marie Barthe, S.J.
(1890.03.21 – 1913.12.19)

Born:	1849.04.08 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.06.15
Died:	1934.11.11 († 85)

Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1890.03.21 – 1913.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Parlais (1913.12.19 – 1934.11.11)

Bishop Alexis Canoz, S.J.
(1887.06.07 – 1888.12.02)

Born:	1805.09.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1832.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.06.29
Died:	1888.12.02 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Tamassus (1846.04.25 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Madura and Coromandel Coast (India) (1846.04.25 – 1886.09.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Bombay (India) (1858 – 1860.12.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Poona (India) (1858 – 1860.12.18)

Bishop of Madurai (India) (1886.09.01 – 1887.06.07)

Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1887.06.07 – 1888.12.02)

Bishops of Madurai (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Canoz, S.J.
(1886.09.01 – 1887.06.07)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Madura and Coromandel Coast (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Canoz, S.J.
(1846.04.25 – 1886.09.01)

(see above)

Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P.
(1836.10.03 – 1850.04.03)

Born:	1796.05.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1821.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1833.11.10
Died:	1861.03.21 († 64)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry (India) (1831.08.19 – 1836.10.03)

Titular Bishop of Druzipara (1831.08.19 – 1861.03.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Madura and Coromandel Coast (India) (1836.10.03 – 1850.04.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Pondicherry (India) (1836.10.03 – 1861.03.21)

Prefects Apostolic of Madura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P.
(1836.07.08 – 1836.10.03)

Born:	1763.12.31 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1811.03.03
Died:	1836.10.03 († 72)

Coadjutor Superior of Coromandel Coast (India) (1806.07.06 – 1811.10.03)

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1806.07.06 – 1836.10.03)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Coromandel Coast (India) (1811.10.03 – 1836.07.08)

Prefect Apostolic of Madura (India) (1836.07.08 – 1836.10.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. (1909.03.30 – 1913.12.19)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Jean-Félix-Onésime Luquet, M.E.P. (1845.02.17 – 1851)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. (1844.07.08 – 1850.04.03)

Diocese of

Tiruchirapalli

India

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2022.12.31)