Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

DIOCESE OF TIRUCHIRAPALLI (Dioecesis Tiruchirapolitanus)

Country : India
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1836 as Apostolic Vicariate of Madurai and Coromandel Coast
Elevated in 1886 as Diocese of Madurai
Renamed 1887 as Diocese of Trichinopoly
Renamed 1950 as Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

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Arms of Vicars and Bishops of Madurai

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  Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert (1836)

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  Clément Bonnand (1836-1850)

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  Alexis Canoz (1846–1887)

Arms of Bishops of Trichinopoly

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  Alexis Canoz (1887–1888)

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  Jean-Marie Barthe (1890–1913)

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  Ange-Auguste Faisandier (1913–1934)

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  John Peter Leonard (1936–1938)

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  James Mendonça (1938–1950)

Arms of Bishops of Tiruchirapalli

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  James Mendonça (1950–1970

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  Thomas Fernando (1970–1990

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  Gabriel Lawrence Sengol (1990–1997

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  Antony Devotta (2000–2018)

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  Savarimuthu Arokiaraj (2021-present)

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