Historical Summary
The Diocese of Cochin, now diminutive in size due to successive bifurcations in the course of time, once used to be the Mother Diocese of many a bishopric in the Sub-continent. The erstwhile Mother Diocese extended in the west coast from Malabar, down south to Cape Comorin (the present Kanya Kumari and still further down, Ceylon ( now, Sri Lanka ) and stretched along the east coast all the way up, encompassing Nepal, Bangladesh and beyond Burma ( now, Myanmar ) and still further east to Hong Kong, Malacca and Macau.
| Date | Event | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February 1557 | Erected | Archdiocese of Goa | Diocese of Cochin was erected as a suffragan diocese (other being Diocese of Malacca) to the Archdiocese of Goa |
| 1599 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cochin | Archdiocese of Angamalé (erected)(Later name changed to
Archdiocese of Cranganore and suppressed to Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly) |
| 9 January 1606 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cochin | Dioceses of Saint Thomas of Mylapore (Tamil Nadu) |
| 1606 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cochin | as Mission “sui iuris” of Madura (Tamil Nadu) |
| 1659 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cochin | Vicariate Apostolic of Malabar (erected) (Later name
changed to Vicariate Apostolic of Verapoly) |
| 03 Dec 1834 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cochin | Vicariate Apostolic of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
| 19 June 1952 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Cochin | Diocese of Alleppey (erected) |
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