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Malayappan Chinnappa

Archbishop
Malayappan Chinnappa
S.D.B.
Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
See Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Appointed 1 April 2005
Installed 22 May 2005
Term ended 21 November 2012
Predecessor James Masilamony Arul Das
Successor George Antonysamy
Orders
Ordination 16 December 1972
by Anthony Rayappa Arulappa
Consecration 25 January 1994
by Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Personal details
Birth name Malayappan Chinnappa
Born (1937-07-23) July 23, 1937 (age 80)
Ayandur-Mugaiyur
Denomination Catholic
Parents Malayappan - Ubagara Mary
Motto To Serve and Give My Life For Many
Styles of
Malayappan Chinnappa
Mitre (plain).svg
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable


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.

Chinnappa was born on 23 July 1937 at Ayandur which was then a substation of Mugaiyur Parish. 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.

Marianus Arokiasamy



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