His Excellency

Addagatla Chinna Innayya
Bishop of Srikakulam
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Srikakulam
SeeSrikakulam
Appointed1 July 1993
Term ended12 December 2018
PredecessorPost created
SuccessorRayarala Vijay Kumar
Orders
Ordination4 January 1965[1]
Consecration29 June 1989
by Mariadas Kagithapu
Personal details
Born(1937-05-02)2 May 1937
Died1 April 2022(2022-04-01) (aged 84)
Srikakulam, India
Previous post(s)Bishop of Nalgonda (1989–1993)
MottoAD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM

Addagatla Chinna Innayya (2 May 1937 – 1 April 2022)[1] was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Srikakulam, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, from 1993 to 2018.[2]

Biography

Innayya was appointed Bishop of Nalgonda on 17 April 1989 and subsequently ordained on 29 June 1989 by the principal consecrator, Bishop Kagithapu Mariadas and co-consecrators, Archbishop Saminini Arulappa and Bishop John Mulagada at the Maria Rani Cathedral in Nalgonda.

In 1993, the Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Srikakulam.

On 12 December 2018, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as bishop.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Annuario Pontifico 2006, Central Statistics Office of the Church, published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2006, pp.712 and 1957.
  2. Catholic Hierarchy, Bishop Innayya Chinna Addagatla Bishop of Srikakulam
  3. "Resignations and Appointments, 12.12.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.


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