Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, India 🇮🇳 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1642: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Saint George (from Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor)
• 1832.07.03: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Madras / Madraspolitan(us) (Latin) (gained territory from Mission sui juris of Coromandel Coast)
• 1838.04.24: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor
• 1845.03.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Vizagapatam
• 1851.05.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hyderabad
• 1886.09.01: Promoted as Archdiocese of Madras / Madraspolitan(us) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor)
• 1887.06.07: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras / Madraspolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hyderabad and Vizagapatam)
• 1887.07.11: Gained suffragan see Nagpur
• 1928.06.15: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Bellary and gained suffragan see Bellary
• 1928.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nellore and gained suffragan see Nellore
• 1929.07.03: Exchanged territory with Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor
• 1932.07.18: Gained suffragan see Jubbulpore
• 1937.04.13: Gained suffragan see Bezwada
• 1937.06.01: Gained suffragan see Cuttack
• 1940.02.13: Gained suffragan see Guntur
• 1952.11.13: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (English) / Madras and Myliapor (English) / Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor, lost territory to establish Diocese of Tanjore and Diocese of Vellore and gained suffragan sees Tanjore and Vellore)
• 1952.12.22: Gained suffragan see Warangal
• 1953.09.19: Lost suffragan sees Bellary, Cuttack, Guntur, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Nellore, Tanjore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal and Jabalpur
• 1953.12.11: Gained suffragan see Coimbatore
• 1955.07.03: Gained suffragan see Ootacamund
• 1969.08.01: Gained territory from Diocese of Vellore
• 1969.09.01: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
• 2002.06.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chingleput and gained suffragan see Chingleput

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1986.02)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Madras and Mylapore (Roman Rite)
Archbishop George Antonysamy (72) (2012.11.21 – ...)Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India)Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of IndiaVice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of IndiaLumen fideiBorn:1952.02.15 (Tiruchirapalli, India)Ordained Priest:1980.11.19Consecrated Bishop:2005.09.21Priest 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) (2005.04.01 – 2012.11.21)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (India)To serve my life for manyBorn:1937.07.23 (Ayandur-Mugaiyur, India)Ordained Priest:1972.12.16Consecrated Bishop:1994.01.25Bishop 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:1955.12.20Consecrated Bishop:1974.02.20Died: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:1957.07.28Consecrated Bishop:1985.06.16Died: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:1938.03.19Consecrated Bishop:1966.03.25Died: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:1913.07.20Consecrated Bishop:1934.11.10Died: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:1894.07.08Consecrated Bishop:1928.10.28Died: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:1878.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1902.02.02Died: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:1821.01.02Consecrated Bishop:1882.08.24Died: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:1843.06.10Consecrated Bishop:1868.10.04Died: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:1841.06.27Died:1868.01.23Titular 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:1838.06.24Died: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:1834.08.03Died: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

Former Prelates

• Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Giovanni Aelen, M.H.M. (1901.12.02 – 1911.02.13)
• Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Daniel Murphy (later Archbishop) (1845.12.16 – 1851.05.20)
• Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Patrick Joseph Carew (later Archbishop) (1838.03.06 – 1840.04.04)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj (70) (1998.11.28 – 2012.01.13)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Savarinathan Michael Augustine (later Archbishop) (1978.01.30 – 1981.06.19)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho (1952.12.13 – 1965)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Theophilus Mayer, M.H.M. (1894.07.31 – 1900.09.09)

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