Tiruchirapalli (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateEventFromTo Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast 8 July 1836ErectedDiocese of São Tomé of Meliapore Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast (erected) 1850Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast Vicariate Apostolic of Coimbatore (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Mysore (erected) Diocese of Madurai 1 September 1886ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast Diocese of Madurai Diocese of Trichinopoly 7 June 1887Name ChangedDiocese of Madurai Diocese of Trichinopoly 12 June 1923Territory LostDiocese of Trichinopoly (Most of Tuticorin, about half of Nellai, and a portion of Kanyakumari) Diocese of Tuticorin (erected) 14 July 1927Territory LostDiocese of Trichinopoly (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of Tuticorin (Boundaries adjusted) 3 July 1929Territory LostDiocese of Kumbakonam (Mayavaram, Shiyaly, and part of Nannuam and Ghidambaram (Thanjavur))
Archdiocese of Madras (Part of city of Madras)
Diocese of Trichinopoly (Alangudi and Thirumayam) Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore 3 July 1929Territory AddedDiocese of São Tomé of Meliapore (Awor, Cooumim, Dindigul, Madura, Malleiadipaty, Oriur, HFossa Senhora das Dores, and Muttupettaah (except for Venkatakulam)) Diocese of Trichinopoly 8 January 1938Territory LostDiocese of Trichinopoly (Tinnevelly, part of Travancore (East of the Ghats), and Ramnad and Madura (except Paini and Dindigul)) Diocese of Madura (erected) Diocese of Tiruchirapalli 21 October 1950Name ChangedDiocese of Trichinopoly Diocese of Tiruchirapalli 19 September 1953Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Tiruchirapalli (from Bombay) 10 November 2003Territory LostArchdiocese of Madurai (Natham, Kamalapuram, Sinnalapatty, Athur, Karisalpatty, and Vannampatty)
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli (Dindigul (Dindigul, Vedasandur, Oddanchatram, Palani, and Natham)) Diocese of Dindigul (erected)