Alexis Canoz S.J., (8 September 1805 – 2 December 1888) was a

Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

missionary in India and was the first bishop of

Trichy Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

. He was born on 8 September 1805 at Sellières, France. In 1846 the

Madura Mission The Madurai Mission, or Madura Mission, (1606-1773/1937-1952) was a Jesuits, Jesuit Catholic missions, mission founded in 1606 encompassing the south-eastern portion of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula around the Coromandel Coast, Coroma ...

was made into a vicariate Apostolic with Msgr. Canoz as its first vicar Apostolic; He was ordained a bishop on 29 Jun 1847 by Archbishop Louis (de Sainte Thérèse) Martini, with Bishop Clément Bonnand and Bishop Marion-Brésillac acting as Principal Co-Consecrators. In 1886, on the establishment of the catholic hierarchy in India, the Madura Vicariate was made the Diocese of Trichy with Msgr. Canoz becoming its first bishop. He participated in the first Vatican council as a Church father.

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