New bishop appointed for Dindigul

Dindigul has been vacant since the transfer of Bishop Antony Pappusamy as archbishop of Madurai in August 2014.

Msgr. Thomas Paulsamy, new Bishop of Dindigul

Vatican City:  Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Thomas Paulsamy as the new bishop of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu state, making it a suffragan of Madurai Metropolitan Archdiocese.

The see of Dindigul has been vacant since the transfer of Bishop Antony Pappusamy as Archbishop of Madurai in August 2014.

Bishop-elect Paulsamy was born Aug. 2, 1951 at N. Poolampatty in Tiruchirapalli Diocese. After his schooling in his native village he studied philosophy and theology at St. Paul’s Seminary, Tiruchirapalli. He was ordained a priest on May 25, 1977 for Tiruchirapalli Diocese, which then was part of ‎Dindigul Diocese.‎

Following his ordination he served the parishes of Kosavapatty and forane church ofDindigul Diocese, and in Melapudur, Palaiyakoil, Kailasapuram,Malayadipatti,Palakarai,NanjurPudukottai and Fathimanagar parishes of Tiruchirapalli Diocese.

He is currently Parish priest of‎St. Anthony's Church at Kallukuzhy. He was the ‎Vicar General of Tiruchirapalli Diocese from 2007-2015.

‎Source: Vatican Radio