Alexis Canoz

Alexis Canoz S.J., (8 September 1805 – 2 December 1888) was a Jesuit missionary in India and was the first bishop of Trichy.

In 1846 the Madura Mission was made into a vicariate Apostolic with Msgr.

Canoz as its first vicar Apostolic; He was ordained a bishop on 29 Jun 1847 by Archbishop Louis (de Sainte Thérèse) Martini, with Bishop Clément Bonnand and Bishop Marion-Brésillac acting as Principal Co-Consecrators.

[1] In 1886, on the establishment of the catholic hierarchy in India, the Madura Vicariate was made the Diocese of Trichy with Msgr.

He participated in the first Vatican council as a Church father.