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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese of Bangalore, India, from the clergy of the same metropolitan See: the Reverend Fr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar, until now diocesan chancellor, assigning him the titular See of Castellum minus; and the Reverend Fr. Joseph Soosainathan, until now parish priest of Sacred Heart, assigning him the titular See of Castra Galbae.
Msgr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar was born on 5 September 1977 in Bangalore. He studied philosophy and theology at Saint Joseph’s Seminary, in the diocese of Mangalore, and was ordained a priest on 2 May 2007 for the archdiocese of Bangalore.
After ordination, he first served as deputy parish priest of Saint Joseph, Saint Francis Xavier’s Cathedral and Christ the King in Malleswaram (2007-2010). He was awarded a licentiate from Saint Peter’s Pontifical Institute in Bangalore (2010-2012). After serving as parish priest of Christ the King in Malleswaram (2012-2014), he obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome (2014-2017). He went on to hold the offices of judge of the ecclesiastical tribunal (since 2017), rector of Bhavan Bhakti Minor Seminary and parish administrator of Lourdes in Tumkur (since 2018), diocesan chancellor (since 2019), professor of canon law at Saint Peter’s Pontifical Institute in Bangalore (2020), and coordinator of studies of major seminarians (since 2021).
Msgr. Joseph Soosainathan was born on 14 May 1964 in Bangalore. He studied philosophy at Saint Peter’s Pontifical Seminary and theology at Saint Paul’s Seminary in the diocese of Tiruchirappalli.
He was ordained a priest on 15 May 1990 for the archdiocese of Bangalore.
He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Saint Joseph and Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral (1990-1991), parish priest of Saint Anne (1991-1997), Saint John Evangelist (1997-2004), Our Lady of Fatima (2004-2010 and 2017-2020), Saints Peter and Paul (2010-2017) and Sacred Heart (since 2020). (Agenzia Fides, 13/7/2024)
