Cochin, India, diocese of
Cochin, India, diocese of
Founded on 4 February 1557 by Pope Paul IV. Suffragan of the archdiocese of Verapoly. Franciscan missionaries under Father Henry de Coimbra arrived in Cochin in 1500 . Pioneer missionaries included Saint Francis Xavier , the Franciscans Jao d’Elvas and Pedro d’Amarante, and Father Manuel de San Mathias with eleven companions. The Dominican missionary, Jorge Themudo, was first bishop .
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