Addagatla Chinna Innayya Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Addagatla Chinna Innayya
Bishop of Srikakulam
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Srikakulam
See:Srikakulam
Appointed:1 July 1993
Term End:12 December 2018
Predecessor:Post created
Ordination:4 January 1965[1]
Consecration:29 June 1989
Consecrated By:Mariadas Kagithapu
Birth Date:1937 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Ravipadu, Andhra Pradesh, British Raj
Death Place:Srikakulam, India
Previous Post:Bishop of Nalgonda (1989–1993)
Motto:AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM

Addagatla Chinna Innayya (2 May 1937 – 1 April 2022)[1] was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Srikakulam, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, from 1993 to 2018.[2]

Biography

Innayya was appointed Bishop of Nalgonda on 17 April 1989 and subsequently ordained on 29 June 1989 by the principal consecrator, Bishop Kagithapu Mariadas and co-consecrators, Archbishop Saminini Arulappa and Bishop John Mulagada at the Maria Rani Cathedral in Nalgonda.

In 1993, the Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Srikakulam.

On 12 December 2018, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as bishop.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Annuario Pontifico 2006, Central Statistics Office of the Church, published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2006, pp.712 and 1957. https://books.google.com/books?id=zbElAQAAIAAJ&q=innayya+chinna+addagatla
  2. Catholic Hierarchy, Bishop Innayya Chinna Addagatla Bishop of Srikakulam http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/badda.html
  3. Resignations and Appointments, 12.12.2018. Holy See Press Office . 12 December 2018 . 12 December 2018 .