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

Arms (crest) of Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

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Arms of Vicars and Bishops of Madurai

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
Antony Devotta (2000–2018)
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Savarimuthu Arokiaraj (2021-present)

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