Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore

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Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore Archidioecesis Madraspolitanus et Meliaporensis சென்னை-மயிலை உயர்மறைமாவட்டம்
St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, The Mother Church of the Archdiocese
Location
Country	India
Territory	Tamil Nadu
Ecclesiastical province	Madras and Mylapore
Metropolitan	Chennai
Statistics
Area	3,160 km2 (1,220 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2018) 9,760,300 661,740 (5.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	13 November 1952 (Papal Bull, ‘Ex Primaevae Ecclesiae’ by Pope Pius XII)
Cathedral	St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Santhome
Co-cathedral	St. Mary of the Angels Co-Cathedral, Georgetown
Secular priests	152
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	George Antonysamy
Vicar General	Fr. Stanley Sebastian
Bishops emeritus	Malayappan Chinnappa (2005-2012)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore/Madras and Myliapor (Latin: Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis)) is an archdiocese based in the city of Madras (now Chennai), in India. It took also the name of the ancient diocese of Mylapore, now a part of Chennai.^[1]