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)
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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 |
Partner: | --> |
Occupation: | Priest |
Previous Post: | --> |
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]