Fr. Christudas Rajappan new Auxiliary bishop of
Trivandrum, India
The Holy Father, has
appointed Fr. Christudas Rajappan, of the diocese of Trivandrum, India of the
Latin Rite as the new Auxiliary bishop of the same diocese on February 2.
Currently Fr. Christudas was serving as the Rector of
St. Vincent’s Seminary of the said diocese, Director at Board for Clergy and
Religious and Parish Priest at Kochuthura ( Puthukurichy) St. Thomas Aquinas
Church.
Fr. Christudas Rajappan was
born on 25th Nov 1971 and after completing his studies in Philosophy and
Theology at the Papal Seminary in Pune was ordained a priest on 25th Nov 1998
for the Archdiocese of Trivandrum of the Latins. He pursued his studies
in Rome and secured a Doctorate in Missiology at the Pontifical Urban
University Rome.
After his ordination he
held the Following positions:
1998-1999: Parish
Administrator of the St. Nicholas Church, Neerody;
1999-2001: Secretary of the
Bishop and the Chaplain of the Catholic Jubilee Memorial Hospital & Hostel;
2000-2003: Director of KCYM,
Trivandrum;
2001-2007: Chaplain of the
Catholic Hostel;
2002-2004: Parish Priest at
St. Magdalene Church, Parthiyoor;
2004-2009: Doctorate student
in Rome;
2010-2013: Spiritual Director
and teacher at St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Alwaye.
The Archdiocese of Trivandrum
(Thiruvananthapuram) is one of the biggest diocese of Kerala having a Catholic
population of nearly 2,50,000 people, even after the bifurcation of the Diocese
of Neyyattinkara four years ago. The 75 parishes and 44 Mission stations of the
Diocese are grouped together into 8 Vicariates in 3 Episcopates. At present
there are 133 incardinated priests in the Archdiocese including those
retired, studying and working for other Dioceses and 27 religious priests.
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