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Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
Bishop Lawrence Pius  Dorairaj
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Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
Archbishop's House, 21, Santhome High Road, Santhome, Chennai - 600 004, Tamil Nadu, India
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Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj, Auxiliary Bishop of Madras-Mylapore, as the new Bishop of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu on Friday, January 13.

Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj was born in Chennai in June 1954. He was ordained a priest on Dec. 28, 1981, and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Madras-Mylapore on Dec. 28, 1998. His episcopal ordination was on Feb. 21, 1999. Bishop Doairaj was a professor at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary before he became the archdiocesan prelate. Bishop Lawrence succeeds Bishop Joseph Antony Irudayaraj SDB as Bishop of Dharmapuri.
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