Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore

Diocese of Coimbatore Dioecesis Coimbaturensis
Location
Country	India
Metropolitan	Madras and Mylapore
Statistics
Area	28,490 km² (11,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 12,124,000 258,600 (2.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	St. Michael’s Cathedral
Current leadership
Bishop	Thomas Aquinas Lephonse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore (Latin: Coimbaturen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Coimbatore in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India.

History

1850: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Coimbatore from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madura and Coromandel Coast and Diocese of Madura
September 1, 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Coimbatore

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 - )