Soundaraj Periyanayagam (6 June 1949 – 21 March 2020) was an Indian

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

bishop and

salesian , image = File:Stemma big.png , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms , abbreviation = SDB , formation = , founder = John Bosco , founding_location = Valdocco, Turin ...

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...

. Periyanayagam was born in

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 so ...

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