Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council is the official organization of Tamil Nadu Catholic Bishops. It comprises all the 18 dioceses of Latin Ecclesiastical Provinces of Madras-Mylapore, Madurai, Pondicherry-Cuddalore and 3 dioceses of the Oriental Rites in Tamil Nadu .

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, September 14, 1955) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States and North America, the first to hold American and Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine.

Pope Leo XIV was elected to the papacy on May 8, 2025, succeeding Pope Francis and becoming the first American pope in history. An Augustinian priest who performed extensive missionary work in Peru and served as head of the Augustinian order from 2001 to 2013, he was made a cardinal by Francis in 2023.

  Tamilnadu Latin Bishops’ Council is the official organization of Tamilnadu Catholic Bishops of Latin rite. It comprises of 18 dioceses.

Most Rev. Dr. George Antonysamy

Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore