St.Mary's Church, Cuddalore-1

St.Mary's Church, Cuddalore-1 This page is unofficial page for St.Mary's Church Cuddalore.Try give to information about church and thing haapening there Parish Priest :Rev. Praveen Kumar

The Christian presence at Cuddalore which means cuddalore OT began by the end of the 16th century under religious priests coming from San Thome . In 1686 the Fransiscans were at Devanampattinam. What was under San
Thome came under Padroado and in1799 a Goanese Church was built on the site where now stands the Scared Heart Training Institude . It came under Irish Chaplains from in 1834.Although Pon

dicherry replaced the Irish in 1843 and the first church was built in 1850,in the maiden land,the main church of cuddalore continued to be the Goanese church till 1938,when the church was blessed and became the parish church. Fr.Alphonse Sandanam
Asst Parish Priest:Rev Fr.P.

29/09/2022
31/05/2021

Fr Rayappan Appointed as New Bishop of Salem

Bangalore 31 May 2021 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Arulselvam Rayappan (60), of the Clergy of Pondicherry-Cuddalore, as Bishop of Salem. This provision was made public in Rome on Monday 31st May 2021. He is presently Professor and Director of the Centre for Canon Law Studies at St. Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, and a Judge of the Archdiocesan Tribunal of Pondicherry.

Fr. Arulselvam Rayappan was born on 18 November 1960 in Sathipattu, Archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore. He completed his studies in the following Institutions: St. Agnes Minor Seminary and St. Joseph's Hr. Sec. School, Cuddalore (1974-1978); Philosophy at Christ Hall Seminary, Madurai (1978-1981); Theology at St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore (1982-1986).

He was ordained priest on 20 May 1986 for the Archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore. He obtained a Masters in Canon Law from St. Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bangalore (1990-1992) and Doctorate in Canon Law from Pontificia Università Urbaniana, Rome (1992-1994). He served in the following ministries: Vice-Rector, St. Agnes Minor Seminary, Cuddalore (1986-1988), Asst. Parish Priest at Viriyur and Karaikal (1988-1989), Parish Priest at Kurumbagaram (1989-1990).

After his studies in Rome, since 1994, he has been teaching Canon Law at St. Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bangalore. He was then Director of the Centre for Canon Law Studies at St. Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bangalore (1996-2001), Vice-Rector, St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore (200-2006), President, St. Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bangalore (2010-2017), Executive Secretary of CCBI Commission for Canon Law and Legislative Texts (2010-2018). He was President of the Canon Law Society of Tamil Nadu for two terms and Secretary General of Canon Law Society of India for a term. He was President of the Canon Law Society of India for two terms (2013-2017).

Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara
Deputy Secretary General, CCBI

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