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[[File:Bishop Roche.jpg|thumb|Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, First Indian Roman Catholic Bishop]]<br />
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'''Francis Tiburtius Roche''' was the first bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche was born in [[Punnaikayal]] on 14 April 1879. He joined the [[Society of Jesus]] and was ordained a priest on 2 October 1910. When the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin]] was erected on 12 June 1923,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtuti.html |title=Diocese of Tuticorin |work=Catholic Hierarchy }}</ref> he was appointed the first bishop of the diocese on the same day and was consecrated bishop on 23 September 1923.<ref name=brochef>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brochef.html |title=Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. |work=Catholic Hierarchy }}</ref> He is the first indigenous bishop of Latin Rite in India, in Asia, in China (first chinese bishop in 1926) and in Africa (first african bishop in 1939).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXaHk8XnkJIC&q=first+indigenous+latin+bishop+in+asia&pg=PA11|title=The Two Churches: Catholicism & Capitalism in the World-system|isbn=0822312298|last1=Budde|first1=Michael L.|year=1992}}</ref><br />
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==Significance==<br />
He was the first native Indian bishop of Latin Rite in the modern times and he was entrusted with the first Indian catholic diocese of Latin rite, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin with native priests.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tuticorindiocese.org/bishop-roch.htm |title=Rt. Rev. Francis Tiburtius Roche S.J. |work= The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin}}</ref> He was succeeded by Bishop [[Thomas Fernando]] and died on 17 December 1955.<ref name=brochef /><br />
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