ShrineOfSaintThomasAtMeliapore18thCentury

The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, presently in

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, Tamil Nadu ( Portuguese ''São Tomé de Meliapor'';

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''Sancti Thomae de Meliapor''), was a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in India. It was a

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in the

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of the

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, under the Portuguese patronage. It was founded at 1606 and abandoned at 1952. It was in

Mylapore Mylapore (also spelt Mayilapur), or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city. The locality is claimed to be the birthplace of the celebrated Tamil ...

and derives its name from the site of its cathedral in which the Apostle St. Thomas was reportedly interred.

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(O.E.S.A.) (9 Jan 1606 – 16 Feb 1615), next bishop of

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, Franciscan Third Order (T.O.R.) (10 Feb 1631 – 9 Jan 1637 Died) *

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(S.J.) (19 Dec 1691 – 24 Nov 1708 Died) *

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(8 June 1718 – ?? ) * José Pinheiro, S.J. (21 Feb 1725 – 15 March 1744 Died) *

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, O.E.S.A. (29 Oct 1804 Confirmed – 29 May 1820), next bishop of

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* Estevão de Jesus Maria da Costa,

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(O.F.M.) (3 July 1826 – 28 Jan 1828), next

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António Tristão Vaz Teixeira Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

(1836 – 1852) * Henrique José Reed da Silva (14 March 1887 – 12 August 1897 Resigned) *

António José de Sousa Barroso Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...

(11 Oct 1897 – 23 May 1899), next bishop of Porto * Teotónio Emanuel Ribeiro Vieira de Castro (22 June 1899 – 25 May 1929), next Archbishop of Goa e Damão *

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(25 May 1929 – 15 March 1933 Died) *

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(4 Dec 1933 – 10 April 1937 Resigned) * Manuel de Medeiros Guerreiro (10 April 1937 – 2 March 1951), next Bishop of Nampula. *''Extinction – 1952''Catholic Hierarchy: "Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore"
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Episcopal ordinaries

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