Career
His Episcopal Motto in Latin is Servire in Fide et in Amore, which means To serve with Faith and Love. He is well versed in Tamil, English, German, French, Italian, and Kanada. He has earned Doctorate in Missiology and a Doctorate in Canon Law
He was ordained as a priest on 21, December 1971.
He was nominated as a Bishop of Ootacamund on 12 January 1997 and was consecrated by Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy on 29 January 1997.
He was nominated as ArchBishop for Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore on 10 June 2004 and installed on 5 July 2004. He received the pallium on 6 September 2004 from then Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintania.
Chairman, CCBI Commission for Canon law and other legislative texts. Vice president, Tamil Nadu Bishop’s Council
Chairman, TNBC Commission for Liturgy
Member, Board of Administration, Good Shepherd Seminary, Coimbatore
Member, Board of Administration, Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore
President, Saint John's Propaedeutic Seminary, Cuddalore-1
Chairman, Board of Administration, archdiocese of Pondicherry, Pondicherry
Director General, The South Arcot Diocesan Corporation, Cuddalore
President, Pondicherry Multipurpose Social Service Society, Pondicherry
President, South Arcot Multipurpose Social Service Society, Vikravandy
President of all the commissions in the Archdiocese
President, Archdiocesan Education and Employment Bureau.
Past Before becoming Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore he has held the following posts:
1972-1976 - Saint Joseph"s Boarding, Cuddalore
1976-1981 - Higher Studies, Rome
1981 - Staff, Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore
1982-1990 - Vice Rector, Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore
1990-1996 - Rector, Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore
1997 - 2004 - Bishop of Ootacamund.