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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Vellore
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore ( la, Velloren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vellore in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. History * 13 November 1952: Established as Diocese of Vellore from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras The Diocese of Vellore was started by Salesians in 1952 carving out a portion from the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore. Further in 1969, a few parishes from the Archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore were attached to this Diocese. It comprises two civil districts namely Vellore and Tiruvannamalai. There are 84 parishes having Catholic population of 1, 50,000. Origin as a Jesuit mission The Catholic Mission in North Arcot dates back to 1604. The following chronicles gathered from various sources will give some historical knowledge of this Mission, its foundation and development in the course of over 350 years. The last great prince of the declining Vijayanagar empire (now in Andhra Pradesh), Venkatapathy Deva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Lourdusamy
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Thomas Aquinas Lephonse
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Soundaraj Periyanayagam
Soundaraj Periyanayagam (6 June 1949 – 21 March 2020) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop and salesian priest. Periyanayagam was born in India and was ordained to the priesthood in 1983. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore ( la, Velloren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vellore in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. History * 13 November 1952: Established as Diocese of Vellore from the Me ..., India, from 2006 until his death in 2020. He died due to cardiac arrest on 21 March 2020. Notes 1949 births 2020 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India {{India-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Augustine (bishop)
Archbishop Savarinathan Michael Augustine (12 June 1933 – 4 November 2017) was an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore from 1992 to 2004. He is an honorary member of Society of Foreign Missions of Paris. He served the church for 39 years as a bishop and for 56 years as a priest. He died on 4 November 2017 at the age of 84. Augustine was sometimes referred to as the "People's Bishop", and "Bishop of the poor." He was fluent in English, French, Tamil, and Latin. He was a Tamil scholar, as well as a lyricist, poet, writer, singer, pianist, magician and artist. Early life Augustine started his school career at Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School, Pondicherry. He joined the minor seminary at St. Agnes Seminary, Cuddalore. He graduated from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli and did his philosophical and theological studies at St.Peter's Pontifical Seminary, in Bangal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royappan Antony Muthu
Rayappan Antony Muthu (1912–1980) was the third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India from 1971 up to his death. He undertook religious and social initiatives, and presided over diocesan boundary changes. 1969 boundary change In 1969, in an effort to bring the diocesan boundaries in line with civil districts, the Taluk of Tiruthani in the District of Chingleput, belonging to the Diocese of Vellore, was detached from it and added to the Archdiocese of Madras–Mylapore. In addition, the Taluks of Thiruvannamalai and Chengam in the District of North Arcot, up to then belonging to the Archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore, were detached from it and added to the Diocese of Vellore.Decree Prot. No.404/69 1 September 1969 of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples) Career as Bishop On March 6, 1971, Muthu was nominated as the Bishop of Vellore. He was consecrated bishop on April 21, 1971. He established 24 convents in the Dioce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat
David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat (born 1905 in Vallambury) was an Indian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore ( la, Velloren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vellore in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. History * 13 November 1952: Established as Diocese of Vellore from the Me .... He was appointed bishop in 1956. He died in 1969.http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvell.html CH References 1905 births 1969 deaths Indian Roman Catholic bishops {{Bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Mariaselvam
Pablo Mariaselvam (born 1897 in Trichinopoly) was an Indian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore ( la, Velloren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vellore in the Ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. History * 13 November 1952: Established as Diocese of Vellore from the Me .... He was appointed bishop in 1953. He died in 1954. References 1897 births 1954 deaths Indian Roman Catholic bishops {{India-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (5 February 1924 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His episcopical motto was ''Aedificare domum Dei'' which means "To build the house of God". He was the fourth cardinal from India and the first curial cardinal of Asia outside of the Middle East. Biography Lourdusamy was born in Kalleri (Archdiocese of Pondicherry), Tamil Nadu state, India, as the seventh of twelve children of Annamarie (aka Matharasi) and Duraisamy Simeon. Lourdusamy was the elder brother of priest and theologian D. S. Amalorpavadass, who was killed in an automobile accident while travelling from Mysore to Bangalore. The two of them played a significant part in the implementation of Vatican II Council reforms in India and leading others to do the same. He enjoyed a close relationship with Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayappan Chinnappa
Aesu Malayappan Chinnappa or A. M. Chinnappa is the Archbishop Emeritus of Madras-Mylapore and the Founder of the Society of God's Reign (Currently a Public Association). He was formerly Bishop of Vellore. Biography Chinnappa was born on 23 July 1937 at Ayandur which was then a substation of Mugaiyur Parish. He was ordained Priest of Salesians of Don Bosco on 16 December 1972. On November 17, 1993 he was appointed as the Bishop of Vellore by Pope John Paul II. He was ordained as the Bishop of Vellore on January 25, 1994 by Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (5 February 1924 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His .... On 1 April 2005 he was appointed as the Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, the post he held until his retirement on 12 November 2012. On August 24, 2011 he founded a Religious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Jesus
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Assumption Cathedral, Vellore 3
Assumption, in Christianity, refers to the Assumption of Mary, a belief in the taking up of the Virgin Mary into heaven. Assumption may also refer to: Places * Assumption, Alberta, Canada * Assumption, Illinois, United States ** Assumption Township, Christian County, Illinois * Assumption Island, Seychelles ** Assumption Island Airport * Assumption, Minnesota, United States * Assumption, Nebraska, United States * Assumption, Ohio, United States * Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States Arts, entertainment, and media * "Assumption" (short story), a 1929 story by Samuel Beckett * Assumption of Moses, a Jewish apocryphal pseudepigraphical work of uncertain date and authorship Churches * Assumption Chapel, Minnesota, United States * Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Michigan, United States * Assumption – St. Paul, New York, United States * Cathedral of the Assumption (other) * Church of the Assumption (other) Logic * Closed-world assumpti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
