ShrineOfSaintThomasAtMeliapore18thCentury

The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, presently in

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(or in

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''São Tomé de Meliapor'', in

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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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. 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 located in

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

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word Mailapur (i.e. the town of

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s), which the Greeks rendered as ''Maliarpha'', the Portuguese as ''Meliapor'', and the English as ''Mylapore''.

Episcopal ordinaries

* Sebastião de São Pedro,

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

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* Luís de Brito de Menezes, O.E.S.A. (18 May 1615 – 27 May 1627), next Bishop of Cochin * Luís Paulo de Estrela,

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(T.O.R.) (10 Feb 1631 – 9 Jan 1637 Died) * Gaspar Alphonsus Álvares,

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(S.J.) (19 Dec 1691 – 24 Nov 1708 Died) * Francisco Laynez, S.J. (24 Nov 1708 – 11 June 1715 Died) * Manuel Sanches Golão (8 June 1718 – ?? ) * José Pinheiro, S.J. (21 Feb 1725 – 15 March 1744 Died) * António da Encarnação, O.E.S.A. (8 March 1745 – 22 Sep 1752 Died) * Bernardo de São Caetano, O.E.S.A. (28 May 1759 – 4 Nov 1780 Died) * Joaquim de Meneses e Ataíde, 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 (1836 – 1852) * Henrique José Reed da Silva (14 March 1887 – 12 August 1897 Resigned) * António José de Sousa Barroso (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 * António Maria Teixeira (25 May 1929 – 15 March 1933 Died) * Carlos de Sá Fragoso (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"
Retrieved 10 November 2015

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Episcopal ordinaries

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