Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Chennai, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, formed 13 November 1952 by the merger of the sees of Madras and Mylapore (Mylapore erected 1606; Madras a metropolitan see since 1886). Its seat is the St Thomas Cathedral Basilica at Santhome, built over the tomb of the Apostle Thomas, with St Mary of the Angels Co-Cathedral in Georgetown. Its suffragans are Chingleput, Coimbatore, Ootacamund, and Vellore.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 November 1952
- Latin
- Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis)
- Patron
- St Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001002099
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 785,574
- Population
- 9,760,300
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 8.0%
- Priests
- 152
- Catholics per priest
- 5,168
- Extent
- 3,160 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 249
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- George Antonysamy
- Born
- 15 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Tiruchirapalli
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Santhome, Chennai stands in Chennai, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St Mary of the Angels Co-Cathedral, Georgetown.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Madras and Mylapore
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChingleputChengalpattu
- Diocese of CoimbatoreCoimbatore
- Diocese of OotacamundOotacamund
- Diocese of VelloreVellore
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.