Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Samuel Devasahayam | |
Bishop of Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese | |
Church: | Church of South India |
Diocese: | Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese |
Term: | 2017 to 2027 |
Predecessor: | J. A. D. Jebachandran |
Ordination: | 10 June 1984 |
Consecration: | 11 June 2017 |
Consecrated By: | Thomas K Oommen (principal consecrator) and Vadapalli Prasada Rao (co-consecrator) |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Name: | Samuel Devasahayam Ebenezer Clement |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1957 |
Birth Place: | Pandaravilai, Tamilnadu |
Samuel Ebenezer Clement Devasahayam is the second Bishop of Thoothukudi - Nazareth Diocese of the Church of South India.[1]
Devasahayam did his college education at Pope's College at Sawyerpuram and gained Bachelor of Divinity from Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary.
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.