Archbishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu

Archbishop of Madurai, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1960		Born
26 Apr 1987	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Palayamkottai, India
20 Nov 2019	58.9	Appointed	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India
15 Dec 2019	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India
4 Nov 2024	63.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Madurai, India
5 Jul 2025	64.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Madurai, India

MicroData Summary
Antonysamy Savarimuthu
Archbishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu
(born 8 Dec 1960)
Archbishop of Madurai

Event Place
Birth Place Vadakku Vandaman, Diocese of Palayamkottai
Ordained Bishop Grounds, St Xavier’s Higher Secondary School, Palayamkottai, Diocese of Palayamkottai

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Madurai.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antony Pappusamy
Archbishop of Madurai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj
Bishop Emeritus of Palayamkottai
Bishop Jebalamai Susaimanickam
Bishop of Sivagangai

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy (1999)
Archbishop of Madurai
Archbishop Marianus Arokiasamy † (1971)
Archbishop of Madurai
Archbishop Justin Diraviam † (1967)
Archbishop of Madurai
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q75818821

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Nov 2019
ob: CB, 22 Nov 2019
c2+: CB, 10 Dec 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Number 20,286
aadm: CB, 4 Nov 2024
ab: Bollettino, 5 Jul 2025

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