Thomasappa Anthony Swamy is the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur ( la, Chikmagaluren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chikmagalur in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India. History * 16 November 1963: Established as Diocese of Chikmagalur from t ...

, India.

Early life

He was born in Mariyanna Palya, a small village in Bangalore on 9 February 1951.

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest for the

Archdiocese of Bangalore The Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Diocese, Archdiocese of Bangalore ( la, Archidioecesis Bangalorensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in India. It was erected as pro- ...

on 20 May 1984. He was a professor in

St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary also known as St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology or simply as St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary/Institute is a Roman Catholic major seminary located in Bangalore, India. After the Suppressio ...

, Bangalore. Thomasappa was in charge of Seminary Publications and Director of Kannada Sanga in

, Bangalore.

Education

Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa did his doctorate in Missiology in Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Episcopate

He was appointed Bishop of Chikmagalur on Dec. 2, 2006, and was ordained bishop on Feb. 6, 2007. The Karnataka state diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province headed by the

. He worked in various parishes of the

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before being elected as the Bishop of Chikkamagaluru. He was appointed as the Bishop of Chikkamagaluru by Pope Benedict XVI. He was installed as bishop by

Bernard Blasius Moras Bernard Blasius Moras (born 10 August 1941) is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and is the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bangalore. He also currently serves as a temporary Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of M ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomasappa, Anthony 1951 births Living people 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI