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Samuel Devasahayam

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Samuel Devasahayam
Bishop of Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese
Devasahayam
ChurchChurch of South India
DioceseThoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese
In office2017 to 2027
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
Born
Samuel Devasahayam Ebenezer Clement

(1957-04-02) 2 April 1957 (age 67)

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

Early years

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

Ecclesiastical Ministry

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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

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  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.