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In Memories of Two Cardinals in Asia

Cardinal Cheong
Cardinal Sim

The Church in Asia lost two cardinals in less than two months this year.

Cardinal Cornelius Sim, a new cardinal in Asia and the first of Brunei, died on May 29. He was 69.

Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, 89, former archbishop of Seoul and president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, passed away on April 27.

More about the lives of Cardinal Sim and Cardinal Cheong
and the Churches in Brunei and South Korea, of which their missions were dedicated to.

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Bishop's House,
P.B. 703, 2 Court Road,
Maravanery, Salem-636007,
Tamil Nadu, India

Phone: (0427)2415641
Fax :2412937

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj, auxiliary bishop of Madras-Mylapore, as the new bishop of Dharmapuri.

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj was born in Chennai in June 1954. He was ordained priest in December 1981 and was appointed auxiliary bishop of Madras and Mylapore in November 1998. Bishop Lawrence succeeds bishop Joseph Antony Irudayaraj SDB as bishop of Dharmapuri.

On March 9, 2020, Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj was appointed apostolic administrator of Salem.

Previous Ordinaries:

  • Bishop Sebastianappan Singaroyan (5 Jul 2000 to 9 Mar 2020)
  • Bishop Michael Bosco Duraisamy (1974-1999)
  • Bishop V.S. Selvanather (1949-1973)
  • Bishop H.A. Prunier (1930-1949)

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