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Bishop’s Profile
NAME | MOST REV. DR. A. NEETHINATHAN Diocese of Chingleput |
ADDRESS | Catholic Bishop’s House, Thimmavaram, Kancheepuram Road Thimmavaram, Chingleput – 603 101. Tamil Nadu, India |
PHONE | 044 – 27 42 66 49 |
FAX | 044 – 27 43 17 84 |
[email protected] | |
BORN ON | 03rd July 1955 |
BORN AT | Kakkanur, Villupuram Taluk, TamilNadu |
PRIESTLY ORDINATION ON | 09th May 1987 |
ORDAINED AT | St. andrew’s church, choolai, chennai
philosophy THEOLOGY Diploma in comparative religion |
Positions held 1987-1991 | Assistant Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre Director, Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre Vocation Promoter |
1991-1997 | Director, Chingleput Rural Development Society(The Official Social Service organ of the Diocese)
Parish Priest, St. Joseph’s Church, Chingleput Parish Priest, Christ the King Church, Karumbakkam Vicar Forane, Chingleput Deanery Member of the Priests’ Senate Member of the College of Consultors |
1997-1998 | Chaplain, JFK Medical Centre, New Jersey, USA |
1998-2000 | Master’s Degree in Pastoral ThelogySt. John’s University, New York, USA |
2000-2002 | Vice-Rector, Sacred Heart Seminary, Poonamallee Chennai |
19.07.2002 | Announcement as the First Bishop of Chengai Diocese |
29.09.2002 | Episcopal Ordination |
2003-2009 | Chairman of Women Commission |
2010 | Chairman of Commission for SC/ST – TNBC Title of Doctor or Divinity (Honoris Causa)(The Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration) |
2011 | Chairman of Commission for SC/ST – CBCI |
2016 | Vice President of Tamil Nadu Bishop Council |
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