Malayappan Chinnappa

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] He 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 John 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.

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
Posthumous style not applicable
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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