John Mulagada Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:Bishop
M. John, RCM
Honorific Suffix:Ayyagaru
1st Bishop in Eluru
Church:Roman catholic
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Eluru
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Predecessor:Position created
Successor:P. Jaya Rao, RCM
Ordination:4 January 1965
Ordained By:Joseph Baud, MSFS
Consecration:5 May 1977
Consecrated By:D. S. Lourdusamy, RCM (Principal consecrator)
Rank:Bishop
Birth Name:John Mulagada
Birth Date:1937 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Marriveedu, erstwhile East Godavari district (Madras Presidency)
Death Place:Eluru, erstwhile West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh)
Buried:Eluru
Religion:Christianity
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Occupation:Priest
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Education:B. Th. (St. John's)
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John Mulagada (12 December 1937 – 16 August 2009) was the Indian Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eluru, India. Ordained to the priesthood on 4 January 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed Mulagada the first bishop of the newly created Eluru Diocese and he was ordained Bishop on 5 May 1977. Bishop Mulagada was the first Dalit to become bishop in India.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://new.asianews.it/index.php?I=en&art=16103