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Bishop Lourdu Anandam

Bishop of Sivagangai

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Born
Aug 15, 1958 Thiruvarangam, India
Nationality
India
Ordained priest
Apr 6, 1986 India
Ordained bishop
Nov 26, 2023 Sivagangai, India
Appointed
Nov 26, 2023
Principal consecrator
Antony Pappusamy
Co-consecrators
Jebalamai Susaimanickam Stephen Antony Pillai

Msgr. Lourdu Anandam was born on 15 August 1958 in Thiruvarangam, in the diocese of Sivagangai. After studying philosophy at Arul Anandar College in Madurai and theology at Saint Paul's Seminary in Tiruchirappalli, he received his doctorate in systematic theology from Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany. He was ordained a priest on 6 April 1986 for the archdiocese of Madurai. He has held the following positions: secretary to the archbishop of Madurai (1986-1989); parish priest of Sacred Heart, Kodaikanal (1995-1999); professor of theology at Sacred Heart Seminary in Chennai (1999-2004); editor- in-chief of Nam Vazhvu - A Tamil Catholic Weekly in Chennai (2004-2011); and rector of Saint Peter's Seminary in Madurai (2011-2014). From 2014 to the present he has served as parish priest of the Holy Rosary parish, vicar forane of Madurai South Vicariate, director of the pastoral centre and coordinator of archdiocesan Commissions.