ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of archbishop of Madurai

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of Palayamkottai and apostolic administrator of Madurai, as archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai, India.
Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu was born on 8 December 1960 in Vadakku Vandanam, in the diocese of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.
He was ordained a priest on 26 April 1987, for the diocese of Palayamkottai.
On 20 November 2019 he was appointed bishop of Palayamkottai and received episcopal consecration the following 15 December. Since 2024, he has served as apostolic administrator of Madurai. (Agenzia Fides, 5/7/2025)