The Rev. Fr. X. D. Selvaraj (born 13 May 1944, Idinthakarai, Nellai) is a Roman Catholic priest from Tamil Nadu, India.
Fr. X. D. Selvaraj was ordained a priest on 19 October 1971 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin.[1]
He has served the diocese in various capacities as priest. He was appointed professor in St Paul's Seminary, Trichy.[2] He served as the secretary of the laity commission of Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India (2004–2008).[3] He is a member of Catholic Priests’ Conference of India.[4] He has been a social activist. He raised his concern in a convention conducted by Catholic Priests’ Conference of India on 23 September 2005 about the identity and culture of tribal people which is threatened by industrialization and globalization.[5] He addressed the response of the youth in the context of Indian reality on 7 January 2011.[6] He presented an analysis of the socio, economic, political and cultural reality on 3 March in a training course on ROL in Nagercoil.[7] He invited the catholic priests to work for justice and human right issues in the Catholic Priest's Conference of India on 26 September 2018.[8]
He is the author of the book Viduthalaiyin Paathaikal, published in 2016.[9]