DECEMBER
13.12.1983 Rev. Fr. Peter attipatty
21.12.1951 Rev. Fr.Joseph Massol
23.12.1986 Rev. Fr. P.A. Zacharias
24.12.1960 Rev. Fr. Mathew Thalachira
27.12.1931 Rev. Fr. Malfrayt
The Diocese of Salem comprises of civil districts of Salem and Namakkal. In 1623 Southern Kongunadu, part of Salem District, under Madurai Nayakkars accepted Christianity, through Fr. Robert De Nobili, S.J. and his successors, the Portuguese Jesuits of the Madurai Mission. About 1654, the Italian Jesuits of the Mysore mission had a residence near Hosur.. In 1687, the Mysore Mission laboured in the entire area of the present diocese. Fr. De Cunha died in 1711 at Kapiganathi near Hosur.