The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore () is a diocese located in the city of Coimbatore in the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India.
History 1845: Established as Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Coimbatore from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madura and Coromandel Coast and Diocese of Madura 1850: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Coimbatore September 1, 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Coimbatore
Leadership
Vicars Apostolic of Coimbatore (Latin Rite) Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac, M.E.P. † (16 Mar 1845 Appointed - 18 Mar 1855 Resigned) Claude-Marie Dépommier, M.E.P. † (17 Feb 1865 Appointed - 8 Dec 1873 Died) Bishops of Coimbatore (Latin Rite) Etienne-Auguste-Joseph-Louis Bardou, M.E.P. † (30 Apr 1874 Appointed - 7 Feb 1903 Died) Jacques-Denis Peyramale, M.E.P. † (23 May 1903 Appointed - 17 Aug 1903 Died) Augustine-Antoine Roy, M.E.P. † (12 Feb 1904 Appointed - 4 Dec 1930 Retired) Marie-Louis-Joseph-Constantin Tournier, M.E.P. † (12 Jan 1932 Appointed - Jan 1938 Resigned) Ubagarasamy Bernadeth † (9 Apr 1940 Appointed - 5 Feb 1949 Died) Francis Xavier Muthappa † (25 Dec 1949 Appointed - 23 Nov 1971 Died) Manuel Visuvasam † (3 Feb 1972 Appointed - 2 Jun 1979 Died) Ambrose Mathalaimuthu † (6 Dec 1979 Appointed - 10 Jul 2002 Retired) Thomas Aquinas Lephonse (10 Jul 2002 Appointed - )
Causes for canonisation Ven. Melchior de Marion Brésillac Fr. Joseph Louis Ravel
References
External links GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website Catholic Church Directory