Cardinal Lourdusamy

His Eminence Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy துரைசாமி சைமன் லூர்துசாமி
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Appointed	30 October 1985
Term ended	24 May 1991
Predecessor	Wladyslaw Rubin
Successor	Achille Silvestrini
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1951 by Auguste-Siméon Colas
Consecration	22 August 1962 by Ambrose Rayappan
Created Cardinal	25 May 1985
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1924-02-05)5 February 1924 Kallery, Gingee Taluk, Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Died	2 June 2014(2014-06-02) (aged 90) Casa di Cura Pio XI, Rome, Italy
Buried	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry 11°55′59″N 79°49′50″E / 11.93299°N 79.83055°E / 11.93299; 79.83055
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Libya (1962–1964) Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (1962–1964) Titular Archbishop of Philippi (1964–1968) Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangalore (1964–1968) Archbishop of Bangalore (1968–1971) Secretary of Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (1973–1985) Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri (1985–1996) Protodeacon of College of Cardinals (1993–1996)
Alma mater	St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary Loyola College, Chennai Pontifical Urbaniana University
Motto	Aedificare domum Dei To build the house of God
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Styles of Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri

Ordination history of Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Auguste-Siméon Colas
Date of ordination	21 December 1951
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Ambrose Rayappan
Co-consecrators	Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram Daniel Paul Arulswamy
Date of consecration	22 August 1962
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope John Paul II
Date of elevation	25 May 1985
Bishops consecrated by Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy as principal consecrator
Joseph Rajappa	1967
Joseph Kelanthara	1971
Cornelius Elanjikal	1971
Packiam Arokiaswamy	1971
William Leonard D’Mello	1977
Mathew Cheriankunnel	1977
Mariadas Kagithapu	1977
John Mulagada	1977
Michael Augustine	1978
Barthélémy Batantu	1979
José Antonio Peteiro Freire	1983
Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon	1983
Edward Francis	1987
Peter Remigius	1990
Gabriel Lawrence Sengol	1990
Malayappan Chinnappa	1994
Antony Anandarayar	1997
Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj	1997
Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss	1997
Antony Devotta	2001

Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (5 February 1924 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His episcopical motto was Aedificare domum Dei which means "To build the house of God". He was the fourth cardinal from India and the first curial cardinal of Asia outside of the Middle East.

Lourdusamy was born in Kalleri (Archdiocese of Pondicherry), India, as the seventh of twelve children of Annamarie (aka Matharasi) and Duraisamy Simeon. Lourdusamy was the elder brother of priest and theologian D. S. Amalorpavadass, who was killed in an automobile accident while travelling from Mysore to Bangalore. The two of them played a significant part in the implementation of Vatican II Council reforms in India and leading others to do the same.

He enjoyed a close relationship with Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I, and most especially, with Pope John Paul II and his fellow curial cardinal and future Pope, Joseph Ratzinger. St. John XXIII elevated him to the episcopal ranks and appointed him to the See of Bangalore, Pope Paul VI invited him to Rome to serve the Universal Church from 1971. Cardinal Lourdusamy also worked with Pope John Paul I as Secretary of the Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples. The Cardinal worked very closely with St. John Paul II for 26 years in various capacities, and he served as Prefect of the Oriental Churches alongside Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) who was the Prefect of the Congregation for Doctrine of Faith.

He had his early education at Mugaiyur and St. Ann's in Tindivanam. Then he finished his high school studies at St. Joseph Higher School of Cuddalore; then he entered St. Agnes's Minor Seminary in Cuddalore, and completed major seminary education in Philosophy and Theology at St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore from 1946 to 1951.

He was ordained to the priesthood on 21 December 1951 at Seven Dolours Church, Tindivanam, Pondicherry by Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, MEP, the Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. 1951–1952, pastoral ministry in the archdiocese of Pondicherry.

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