Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore

The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, presently in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (or in Portuguese São Tomé de Meliapor, in Latin Sancti Thomae de Meliapor), was a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India.

It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Goa, under the Portuguese patronage.

It was located in Mylapore, and derives its name from the site of its cathedral in which the Apostle St. Thomas was reportedly interred on the site of his martyrdom and the Tamil word Mailapur (i.e. the town of peacocks), which the Greeks rendered as Maliarpha, the Portuguese as Meliapor, and the English as Mylapore.

15th century 16th century Portuguese India 17th century Portuguese India 18th century Portuguese India

15th century [Atlantic islands] 16th century [Canada]