Malayappan Chinnappa

Archbishop
Malayappan Chinnappa
S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
See Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Appointed 1 April 2005
Installed 22 May 2005
Term ended 21 November 2012
Predecessor James Masilamony Arul Das
Successor George Antonysamy
Orders
Ordination 16 December 1972
by Anthony Rayappa Arulappa
Consecration 25 January 1994
by Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Personal details
Birth name Malayappan Chinnappa
Born (1937-07-23) July 23, 1937
Ayandur-Mugaiyur
Denomination Catholic
Parents Malayappan - Ubagara Mary
Motto To Serve and Give My Life For Many


Aesu Malayappan Chinnappa or A. M. Chinnappa is the Archbishop Emiritus of Madras-Mylapore and the Founder of the Society of God's Reign (Currently a Public Association). He was formerly Bishop of Vellore.[1]

Biography

Chinnappa was born on 23 July 1937 at Ayandur which was then a substation of Mugaiyur Parish.[2] He was ordained Priest of Salesians of Saint 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. 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.

Ordination history of
Malayappan Chinnappa
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by Packiam Arokiaswamy
Date March 1971
Place Kristu Jyoti College , Bangalore
Priestly ordination
Ordained by Anthony Rayappa Arulappa
Date 16 December 1972
Place St. Francis Xavier's Church - Shrine of Mary of Help. Broadway, Chennai.
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Co-consecrators

Marianus Arokiasamy

Michael Augustine
Date 25 January 1994
Place Don Bosco, Vellore
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Malayappan Chinnappa as principal consecrator
Amalraj Arulappan 2006
Soundaraj Periyanayagam 2006

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bishop A. M. Chinnappa SDB – Fifth Bishop of Vellore
  2. ↑ "Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 8 June 2016.


Styles of
Malayappan Chinnappa
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Monsignor
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Michael Augustine		 Bishop of Vellore
17 Nov 1993 - 1 Apr 2005		 Succeeded by
Soundaraj Periyanayagam, S.D.B.
Preceded by
James Masilamony Arul Das		 Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore
1 April 2005 - 21 Nov 2012		 Succeeded by
George Antonysamy
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