Archbishop Susai Jesu

Msgr. Susai Jesu, O.M.I., was born on 17 May 1971 in Pushpavanam, India. After studying philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram in Bangalore, and theology at the Khrist Premalaya Institute of Theology in Ashta, he obtained a master’s degree in pastoral counselling at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. He gave his perpetual vows in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 2000, and was ordained a priest on 27 July 2000. He has held the following offices: parish vicar in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh (2000-2002); parish priest in Surala Kappa, North India (2002-2005), parish vicar in Kombadimadurai, Tamil Nadu (2005-2007); parish priest of Saint Gertrude in Pelican Narrows and of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Sandy Bay (2009-2015); parish priest of Sacred Heart of the First Peoples in Edmonton (since 2017) and provincial counsellor (since 2019).