Antony Anandarayar Cleric

Monsignor Antony Anandarayar, born on 18 July 1945 in Varadarajanpet (Kumbakonam Diocese, Tamil Nadu, India), is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore. His Episcopal Motto in Latin is Servire in Fide et in Amore, which means To serve with Faith and Love.He is well versed in Tamil, English, German, French, Italian, and Kanada. He has earned Doctorate in Missiology and a Doctorate in Canon LawHe was ordained as a priest on 21, December 1971. He was nominated as a Bishop of Ootacamund on 12 January 1997 and was consecrated by Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy on 29 January 1997.He was nominated as ArchBishop for Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore on 10 June 2004 and installed on 5 July 2004.He received the pallium on 6 September 2004 from then Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintania.