According to records, the church was constructed by a French Capuchin Father Ephrem de Nevers, the First Missionary of Madras who put up "the open pandall chappell" in Armenian Street in 1658.[3] The structure, however, did not survive for long and had to be reconstructed in 1692.[3] The church was renovated in 1775 and 1785 and promoted to the status of the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical Province of Madras in 1886.[3] When, in 1952, the ecclesiastical provinces of Madras and Mylapore were merged to form the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore with the San Thome Basilica as the headquarters, St. Mary's was given the status of a co-cathedral.
mary, cathedral, chennai, mary, cathedral, catholic, church, armenian, street, chennai, india, constructed, capuchins, 1658, oldest, churches, former, british, india, long, time, cathedral, diocese, received, title, cathedral, when, seat, roman, catholic, arch. St Mary s Co Cathedral is a Catholic church in Armenian Street Chennai India 1 2 Constructed by Capuchins in 1658 it is one of the oldest churches in the former British India For a long time Cathedral of the diocese it received the title of co cathedral when the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore was transferred to San Thome Basilica St Mary s Co Cathedral ChennaiReligionAffiliationRoman CatholicDistrictChennaiRegionArchdiocese of Madras and MylaporeRiteLatinEcclesiastical or organizational statusChurchStatusactiveLocationLocationArmenian Street Parrys corner Chennai Tamil NaduMunicipalityGreater Chennai CorporationStateTamil NaduGeographic coordinates13 05 23 N 80 17 15 E 13 0897 N 80 2874 E 13 0897 80 2874 Elegant view of St Mary s Co cathedral Church Chennai Tamil Nadu in India Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesHistory editAccording to records the church was constructed by a French Capuchin Father Ephrem de Nevers the First Missionary of Madras who put up the open pandall chappell in Armenian Street in 1658 3 The structure however did not survive for long and had to be reconstructed in 1692 3 The church was renovated in 1775 and 1785 and promoted to the status of the cathedral of the Ecclesiastical Province of Madras in 1886 3 When in 1952 the ecclesiastical provinces of Madras and Mylapore were merged to form the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore with the San Thome Basilica as the headquarters St Mary s was given the status of a co cathedral See also editReligion in ChennaiNotes edit nbsp India portal nbsp Christianity portal St Mary Co Cathedral George Town Chennai Churches catholic churches in 18 December 2008 Retrieved 27 October 2023 Chennai Salesians www donboscochennai org Retrieved 27 October 2023 a b c Muthiah pp 331 332References editMuthiah S 2004 Madras Rediscovered East West Books Madras Pvt Ltd ISBN 81 88661 24 4 nbsp This article about a Roman Catholic church building in India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Mary 27s Co Cathedral Chennai amp oldid 1186207029, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
