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BP. Arulselvam Rayappan |
Nov 18, 1960 |
May 20, 1986 |
June 29/ Aug 4 |
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BP. Sebatianappan Singaroyan |
Jan 18,1952 |
May 27, 1978 |
Nov 10 / Oct 18 |
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Fr. M. Alphonse |
Feb 25, 1937 |
April 12, 1962 |
Aug 01 |
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Fr. R. Victor Sunderaj |
Aug 07, 1945 |
Dec 20, 1969 |
Aug 15 |
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Fr. S. Puspanathan |
Oct 24, 1938 |
Dec 21, 1971 |
Oct 01 |
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Fr. S.Savari |
April 29, 1943 |
Dec 21, 1971 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. I. Maria Susai |
May 01, 1943 |
June 12,1973 |
March 19 |
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Fr. M. Selvam |
Nov 15, 1946 |
Aug 12,1974 |
Oct 14 |
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Fr. S.Irudayaselvam |
June 21,1949 |
Dec 09,1975 |
June 13 |
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Fr. C.Micheal |
Oct 14, 1947 |
June 24,1976 |
Sep 29 |
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Fr. S. Theodore Selvaraj |
Nov 08, 1950 |
June 24,1976 |
Nov 09 |
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Fr. Lucas Thumma |
Aug 02, 1949 |
June 29,1976 |
Oct 18 |
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Fr. A. Peter Francis |
Sep 09, 1949 |
May 25,1977 |
June 29 |
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Fr. A. Belevendiram |
Jan 09, 1950 |
May 25,1977 |
Nov 10 |
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Fr. S. Francis Xavier |
June 14, 1952 |
May 25,1977 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. C. Joannes Gopu |
Dec 26, 1951 |
May 27,1978 |
Dec 27 |
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Fr. S. Arulappan |
June 24, 1953 |
June 10,1980 |
June 24 |
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Fr. A. Charles Maria Louis |
Feb 20, 1954 |
May 24,1983 |
Nov 04 |
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Fr. D.A. Francis |
Oct 18, 1955 |
May 24,1983 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. A. Singarayan |
May 29, 1957 |
May 27,1985 |
Nov 10 |
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Fr. A. Durairaj |
April 10, 1959 |
June 06,1987 |
April 10 |
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Fr. A. Edward Rajan |
March 23, 1959 |
May 12,1988 |
Oct 13 |
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Fr. K. John Joseph |
Nov 14, 1961 |
May 15,1990 |
March 19 |
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Fr. A. Antony Maria Joseph |
May 10, 1961 |
May 09,1991 |
March 19 |
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Fr. T. Manickam |
May 29, 1963 |
May 09,1991 |
July 03 |
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Fr. A. John Bosco Paul |
June 16, 1963 |
May 09,1991 |
Jan 31 |
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Fr. S. Pannerselvam |
March 07, 1964 |
May 09,1991 |
— |
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Fr. A. Alaguselvan |
May 05, 1964 |
May 09,1991 |
May 05 |
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Fr. D. Madalaimuthu |
Feb 04, 1963 |
May 04,1992 |
July 22 |
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Fr. S.Sebastin |
April 03, 1965 |
May 04,1992 |
Jan 20 |
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Fr. I. Gregory Rajan |
May 05, 1966 |
April 27,1994 |
Sep 03 |
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Fr. D. Michaelraj Selvam |
May 05, 1967 |
April 27,1994 |
Sep 29 |
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Fr. M. Rajamanickam |
Feb 14, 1966 |
April 26,1995 |
Christ the King |
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Fr. A. Joseph Lazar |
June 01, 1967 |
April 26,1995 |
March 19 |
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Fr. S. Lourdusamy |
August 21, 1968 |
April 23,1996 |
Feb 11 |
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Fr. M. David Stanly Kumar |
Sep 09, 1968 |
April 23,1996 |
March 01 |
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Fr. D. Gurusadi Sagayaraj |
March 19, 1970 |
April 23,1996 |
March 19 |
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Fr. M. Solomonraj |
July 31, 1965 |
April 08,1997 |
July 31 |
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Fr. S. Emmanuel |
Dec 24, 1967 |
April 08,1997 |
Dec 25 |
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Fr. S. Joseph Poulraj |
June 10, 1966 |
April 10,1998 |
March 19 |
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Fr. D. Francis Asai Thambi |
Dec 03, 1968 |
April 10,1998 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. R. Francis |
March 09, 1969 |
April 10,1998 |
Oct 06 |
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Fr. T. John Kennady |
April 08, 1968 |
July 09,1994 |
Jan 20 |
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Fr. A. Jacob |
Jan 02, 1970 |
May 17, 2000 |
July 25 |
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Fr. Selvam Francis Xavier |
Jan 11, 1971 |
April 25,2002 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. Arul Francis Xavier |
July 29, 1972 |
April 25,2002 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. I. Ignatius Fidelis |
April 24, 1973 |
April 25,2002 |
July 31 |
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Fr. L. David |
April 04, 1974 |
April 25,2002 |
March 01 |
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Fr. A. Jothi Fernando |
Dec 10, 1974 |
April 27,2002 |
Dec 25 |
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Fr. A. Alex Prabhu |
April 26, 1975 |
April 27,2003 |
Christ the King |
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Fr. Chinnappan Sagayaraj |
June 06, 1975 |
April 27,2003 |
May 24 |
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Fr. M. Christuraj |
Oct 21, 1975 |
April 25, 2004 |
Christ the King |
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Fr. I. Amalraj |
July 03, 1976 |
April 25,2004 |
Dec 08 |
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Fr. V. Jai Bernard Joseph |
March 19, 1977 |
April 21,2005 |
March 19 |
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Fr. A. Arockia David |
Oct 15, 1977 |
April 21,2005 |
Sep 08 |
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Fr. D. John Arockiaraj |
Dec 10, 1972 |
April 27, 2006 |
Sep 08 |
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Fr. M. Clementraj |
Oct 05, 1975 |
April 27, 2006 |
Nov 23 |
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Fr. K. Prasanna |
Nov 26, 1975 |
April 27, 2006 |
Easter |
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Fr. M. Leo William |
April 13, 1978 |
April 27, 2006 |
Nov 10 |
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Fr. N. Arul Sundar |
Nov 04, 1978 |
April 27, 2006 |
Dec 27 |
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Fr. M. Innasi Muthu |
Nov 02, 1976 |
April 26, 2007 |
July 31 |
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Fr. R. Jayaseelan |
June 22, 1979 |
April 26, 2007 |
Easter |
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Fr. J. Vimal Dass |
Jun 10, 1979 |
April 26, 2007 |
Dec 08 |
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Fr.T.J. Jude Nirmal Dass |
Oct 25, 1979 |
April 26, 2007 |
Oct 28 |
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Fr. A. Gnanaraj |
Apr 18, 1978 |
April 28, 2008 |
Jan 03 |
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Fr. X. Peter John Paul |
May 20, 1979 |
April 28, 2008 |
June 29 |
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Fr. S. Mariyan Austey |
Mar 12, 1980 |
April 28, 2008 |
— |
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Fr. T. Peter Raj |
May 15, 1980 |
April 28,2008 |
June 29 |
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Fr. S. Benjamin Sandhanaraj |
Mar 31, 1981 |
April 28, 2008 |
March 31 |
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Fr. A. Arockiasamy |
Aug 18, 1980 |
April 23, 2009 |
Sep 08 |
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Fr. D. Anandraj |
Apr 29, 1981 |
April 23, 2009 |
Dec 25 |
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Fr. R. Gopi Emmanuel |
Dec 06, 1977 |
April 22, 2010 |
Dec 25 |
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Fr. T. Maria Joseph Raj |
Mar 05, 1966 |
April 27, 2011 |
Mar 19 |
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Fr. A. Prakash |
Mar 14, 1980 |
April 27, 2011 |
Easter |
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Fr. D. Stephan Soruphan |
May 29, 1981 |
April 27, 2011 |
Dec 26 |
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Fr. Amal Mahimai Raj |
May 28, 1983 |
April 27, 2011 |
Dec 08 |
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Fr. A. Edward Thadeus |
Jan 03, 1974 |
April 25, 2013 |
Oct 28 |
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Fr. K. Kirubakaran |
Jun 04, 1978 |
April 23, 2015 |
July 16 |
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Fr. V. Albert Antony Raj |
Mar 24, 1987 |
April 27, 2016 |
Nov 15 |
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Fr. J. Henry Kishore |
May 03, 1987 |
April 26, 2018 |
July 13 |
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Fr. S. Stanly |
Nov 11, 1988 |
April 25,2019 |
— |
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Fr. A. Charles |
May 20, 1989 |
May 25, 2020 |
Nov 04 |
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Bro. A. Aseervatham (Deacon) |
July 09, 1955 |
May 01, 1990 |
July 11 |
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Fr. Savari Charles |
Jun 27, 1992 |
Sept16.2021 |
Nov 04 |
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Fr. A. Charli |
Feb 06, 1958 |
Sept 16, 2021 |
Nov 04 |
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Fr. Mesiya |
Jan 07, 1992 |
Sept 16, 2021 |
Dec 25 |
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Fr. John Britto |
Oct 06, 1992 |
Sept 16, 2021 |
Feb 04 |
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Fr. Arul Valan |
April 24, 1983 |
April 28, 2022 |
March 19 |
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Fr. Ranjith Kumar |
June 02, 1992 |
April 28, 2022 |
— |
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Fr. S. Michael Arul Raj |
June 02, 1989 |
April 27, 2023 |
Sept 29 |
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Fr. A. Francis Xavier |
March 15, 1990 |
April 27, 2023 |
Dec 03 |
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Fr. John Satheya Seelan |
Jan 01, 1993 |
April 27, 2023 |
June 24 |
The Diocese of Salem comprises of civil districts of Salem and Namakkal. In 1623 Southern Kongunadu, part of Salem District, under Madurai Nayakkars accepted Christianity, through Fr. Robert De Nobili, S.J. and his successors, the Portuguese Jesuits of the Madurai Mission. About 1654, the Italian Jesuits of the Mysore mission had a residence near Hosur.. In 1687, the Mysore Mission laboured in the entire area of the present diocese. Fr. De Cunha died in 1711 at Kapiganathi near Hosur.