| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Madura Mission |
 | | At the outset it may be remarked that the districts comprised under the Madura Mission were totally removed from Portuguese political or state influence, so that even the prestige of the Portuguese name can hardly be regarded as having reached there, to say nothing of the machinery of the State. |
 | | In 1846 the Madura Mission was in turn made into a vicariate Apostolic with Mgr Alexis Canoz as its first vicar Apostolic; but the portion north of the Cauvery was retained by Pondicherry. |
 | | In 1886, on the establishment of the hierarchy, the Madura Vicariate was made the Diocese of Trichinopoly. |
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