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10 October 1950: The Padroado system is cancelled. The Diocese of Mylapore comes under the jurisdiction of the 'Propaganda Fide'.
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13 November 1952: Mylapore and Madras are merged into the renamed 'Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore' (Bull
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who received power to appoint bishops and priests and, in a general way, to look after the evangelization of the area (
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and the Seat of power of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore in India, at the
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San Thome Church, officially known as St Thomas Cathedral Basilica and National Shrine of
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separated from the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Cochin, by agreement with the king of
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This was an independent jurisdiction of the Propaganda Fide from the Padroado
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designs, as was favoured by British architects in the late 19th century.
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1642: Madras Capuchin Mission founded by French Capuchin Missionary Fr.
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Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore/Madras and Myliapor
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Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. (25 March 1935 – 13 November 1952)
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1 September 1886: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras
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is appointed as the Archbishop of Historical Metropolitan
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St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, The Mother Church of the Archdiocese
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