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
Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separ ...
.
Biography
Chinnappa was born on 23 July 1937 at
Ayandur which was then a substation of
Mugaiyur
Mugaiyur is one of the block in Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu, India.
Etymology
The name Mugaiyur means ''mugai'' (bud) ''+ oor'' (a small settlement or village).
Politics
Mugaiyur assembly constituency had been clubbed into the Tirukoilur
...
Parish.
He was ordained Priest of
Salesians of Don Bosco
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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 Institute called ''Society of God's Reign''.
See also
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Catholic Church in India
References
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1937 births
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India
Living people
Roman Catholic archbishops of Madras and Mylapore
Salesian bishops
Indian Roman Catholic archbishops>
Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II