Samuel Devasahayam

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The Right Reverend

Samuel Devasahayam
Bishop of Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese
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Devasahayam
ChurchChurch of South India
DioceseThoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese
In office2017–present
PredecessorJ. A. D. Jebachandran
Orders
Ordination10 June 1984
Consecration11 June 2017
by Thomas K Oommen (principal consecrator) and Vadapalli Prasada Rao (co-consecrator)
RankBishop
Personal details
Birth nameSamuel Devasahayam Ebenezer Clement
Born (1957-04-02) 2 April 1957 (age 64)
Pandaravilai, Tamilnadu

Samuel Ebenezer Clement Devasahayam is the 2nd Bishop of Thoothukudi - Nazareth Diocese of the Church of South India.[1]

Early Years[]

Devasahayam did his college education at Pope's College at Sawyerpuram and gained Bachelor of Divinity from Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary.

Ecclesiastical Ministry[]

Devasahayam was ordained as Deacon in 1983 and as Presbyter in 1984 by S. Daniel Abraham, Bishop of Tirunelveli. He was elected and selected as the Bishop of Thoothukudi - Nazareth Diocese of the Church of South India in June 2017 and consecrated bishop at St. John's Cathedral, Nazareth on 11 June 2017 by CSI Moderator Thomas K Oommen.

References[]

  1. ^ "Rt. Rev. Samuel Devasahayam Ebenezer Clement is the new bishop of the Thoothukudi- Nazareth Diocese of the CSI". Church of south india. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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