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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Madurai

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Dindigul, Kottar, Palayamkottai, Sivagangai, Tiruchirapalli, Tuticorin

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tuticorin (↓), Palayamkottai (↓), Vijayapuram (←), Dindigul (↑), Tiruchirapalli (↗), Sivagangai (→)

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History

1938.01.08: Established as Diocese of Madura / Maduren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Trichinopoly)
1950.10.21: Renamed as Diocese of Madurai / Madhuraien(sis) (Latin)
1953.09.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai / Madhuraien(sis) (Latin)
1973.05.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Palayamkottai
1987.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sivagangai
2003.11.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Dindigul

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2003.03.22 – ...):

Archbishop Peter Fernando (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Madurai (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Peter Fernando (74)
(2003.03.22 – ...)

Born:	1939.03.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1971.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.29

Coadjutor Bishop of Tuticorin (India) (1996.02.23 – 1999.12.08)

Bishop of Tuticorin (India) (1999.12.08 – 2003.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (2003.03.22 – ...)

Archbishop Marianus Arokiasamy
(1987.07.03 – 2003.03.22)

Born:	1927.08.31 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.02.17
Died:	2007.03.22 († 79)

Bishop of Kottar (India) (1970.11.23 – 1987.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (1987.07.03 – 2003.03.22)

President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1996 – 1998)

Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J.
(1984.12.03 – 1987.01.26)

Born:	1925.04.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.06.16
Died:	1993.11.10 († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (1984.12.03 – 1987.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (India) (1987.01.26 – 1993.11.10)

Archbishop Justin Diraviam
(1967.04.13 – 1984.12.03)

Born:	1907.04.08 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1935.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.07.09
Died:	1991.01.25 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (1967.04.13 – 1984.12.03)

Archbishop John Peter Leonard, S.J.
(1953.09.19 – 1967.04.13)

Born:	1889.12.29 (Luxembourg)
Ordained Priest:	1921.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.03.15
Died:	1985.12.05 († 95)

Bishop of Trichinopoly (India) (1936.01.02 – 1938.01.08)

Bishop of Madurai (India) (1938.01.08 – 1953.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India) (1953.09.19 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Iziriana (1967.04.13 – 1976.07.25)

Bishops of Madurai (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Peter Leonard, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1938.01.08 – 1953.09.19)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antony Pappusamy (63) (1998.11.05 – 2003.11.10)

as of 2013.05.03

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