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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Bioshop Alexis Canoz.jpg|thumbnail|Alexis Canoz S.J., first bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli|Trichy]].]]<br />
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'''Alexis Canoz S.J.,''' (8 September 1805 &ndash; 2 December 1888) was a [[Jesuit]] missionary in India and was the first bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli|Trichy]]. He was born on 8 September 1805 at Sellières, France. In 1846 the [[Madura Mission]] was made into a vicariate Apostolic with Msgr. Canoz as its first vicar Apostolic; He was ordained a bishop on 29 Jun 1847 by Archbishop [[Louis (de Sainte Thérèse) Martini]], with Bishop [[Clément Bonnand]] and Bishop [[Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac|Marion-Brésillac]] acting as Principal Co-Consecrators.<ref name='ch'>{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bcanoz|Bishop Alexis Canoz, S.J. |accessdate=01 May 2015}}</ref> In 1886, on the establishment of the catholic hierarchy in India, the Madura Vicariate was made the Diocese of Trichy with Msgr. Canoz becoming its first bishop. He participated in the first Vatican council as a Church father.<br />
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