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The Hindu
02-08-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
New Archbishop of Madurai Archdiocese installed
Antonysamy Savarimuthu was installed as the seventh Archbishop of Madurai Archdiocese at a solemn ceremony in St. Britto Higher Secondary School at Gnanaolivupuram here on Saturday. The ceremony took place in the presence of Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli and a battery of bishops and priests. Thousands of Christians converged at the school to witness the ceremony. In a solemn rite, Madurai Archdiocese Chancellor Rev Fr. Angel read out a letter from Pope Francis declaring the elevation of Antonysamy Savarimuthu as Archbishop. Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli handed over the sceptre to Antonysamy Savarimuthu. The new archbishop was greeted by his predecessor and also Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli. Following this, priests from Madurai diocese greeted him. The ceremony was marked by singing of religious hymns. Earlier, Archbishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu was the Bishop of Palayamkottai diocese. The archdiocese of Madurai was created in 1938, under which the suffragan dioceses of Sivaganga, Tiruchi, Dindigul, Thoothukudi, Palayamkottai and Kottai share the solidarity of Catholic faith. The previous archbishops of Madurai diocese include Peter Leonard, Justin Diraviam, Casmir Gnanadikam, Marianus Arockiasamy, Peter Fernando and Anthony Pappusamy. Tiruchi East MLA Inigo Irudhayaraj, Madurai MP Su. Venkatesan, BJP State president Nainar Nagendran and across the state bishops were also present.
The Hindu
22-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Elevation of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut on May 25
The formal elevation of the Diocese of Calicut to the status of Metropolitan Archdiocese and the installation of Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal as the first Metropolitan Archbishop will be held at St. Joseph's Church here at 3 p.m. on May 25. Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal Leopoldo Girelli will officiate the Eucharistic celebration. Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council president Baselios Cardinal Cleemis will deliver the homily on the occasion, a press release said. Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Conference of Catholic Bishops of India president Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrao, Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church Mar Raphael Thattil, Archbishop of Hyderabad Anthony Cardinal Poola, Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay Oswald Cardinal Gracias, Major Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal George Alencherry, Metropolitan Archbishop of Verapoly Joseph Kalathiparambil, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trichur and Catholic Bishops' Conference of India president Mar Andrews Thazhath, and Metropolitan Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram Thomas J. Netto will offer felicitations. The Calicut Diocese was elevated to Archdiocese, and Bishop Chakkalakal was named Archbishop following the papal decree announced on April 12. Kozhikode will become the third Latin Catholic archdiocese in Kerala, joining Varapuzha and Thiruvananthapuram. The Archdiocese of Calicut will have Kannur and Sultanpet as its suffragan dioceses.
