Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj: Difference between revisions
m Bot: link syntax and minor changes |
m →Early life: Clean up spacing around commas and other punctuation fixes, replaced: ,T → , T |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{short description|Indian clerical lawyer|bot=PearBOT 5}} |
{{short description|Indian clerical lawyer|bot=PearBOT 5}} |
||
[[File:Msgr Micheal Xavier Leo Arokiaraj.jpg|thumb|Msgr Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj]] |
[[File:Msgr Micheal Xavier Leo Arokiaraj.jpg|thumb|Msgr Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj]] |
||
'''Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj''' (born 8 September 1958) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] clerical lawyer. |
'''Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj''' (born 8 September 1958) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[clerical lawyer]]. |
||
== Early life == |
== Early life == |
||
Monsignore Michael Leo Arockiaraj was born on 8 September 1958 in Mettupatti, in the civil district of [[Dindigul]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], South India and of the ecclesiastical diocese of Dindigul.<ref name="radiovaticana.va">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiovaticana.va/storico/2007/05/05/indian_priest_appointed_judge_in_vaticans_supreme_court/in2-132030|title=Indian priest appointed judge in Vatican's supreme court|website=www.radiovaticana.va}}</ref> After his initial formation in St Augustine's minor seminary, Trichy, philosophical formation in Christ Hall seminary, [[Karumathra (Mukundapuram,Thrissur)|Karumathur]], and theological formation in [[Pontifical Urban University]], Rome, where he was ordained a priest on 25 April 1984.<ref name="radiovaticana.va"/> |
Monsignore Michael Leo Arockiaraj was born on 8 September 1958 in Mettupatti, in the civil district of [[Dindigul]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], South India and of the ecclesiastical diocese of Dindigul.<ref name="radiovaticana.va">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiovaticana.va/storico/2007/05/05/indian_priest_appointed_judge_in_vaticans_supreme_court/in2-132030|title=Indian priest appointed judge in Vatican's supreme court|website=www.radiovaticana.va}}</ref> After his initial formation in St Augustine's minor seminary, Trichy, philosophical formation in Christ Hall seminary, [[Karumathra (Mukundapuram, Thrissur)|Karumathur]], and theological formation in [[Pontifical Urban University]], Rome, where he was ordained a priest on 25 April 1984.<ref name="radiovaticana.va"/> |
||
==Academic |
==Academic background== |
||
He obtained a bachelor's degree in Indian civil law in the Government Law College, [[Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]], Tamil Nadu and a licentiate and doctorate in canon law in Pontifical Urban University, Rome in 1992.<ref name="radiovaticana.va"/> |
He obtained a bachelor's degree in Indian civil law in the Government Law College, [[Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]], Tamil Nadu and a licentiate and doctorate in canon law in Pontifical Urban University, Rome in 1992.<ref name="radiovaticana.va"/> |
||
Latest revision as of 03:20, 28 May 2024
Michael Xavier Leo Arokiaraj (born 8 September 1958) is an Indian clerical lawyer.
Early life[edit]
Monsignore Michael Leo Arockiaraj was born on 8 September 1958 in Mettupatti, in the civil district of Dindigul of Tamil Nadu, South India and of the ecclesiastical diocese of Dindigul.[1] After his initial formation in St Augustine's minor seminary, Trichy, philosophical formation in Christ Hall seminary, Karumathur, and theological formation in Pontifical Urban University, Rome, where he was ordained a priest on 25 April 1984.[1]
Academic background[edit]
He obtained a bachelor's degree in Indian civil law in the Government Law College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu and a licentiate and doctorate in canon law in Pontifical Urban University, Rome in 1992.[1]
In Roman Rota[edit]
He completed in 1998 his studies to the Roman Rota (Studium rotalis), and was later appointed head of the Chancery of the Roman Rota. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as a judge (auditor) of the Roman Rota on May 5, 2007.[2] He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church.[1] When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Indian priest appointed judge in Vatican's supreme court". www.radiovaticana.va.
- ^ "indian monsignor named judge of roman rota". ucanews.com.
- ^ "Pope creates Vatican commission to study marriage process". National Catholic Reporter. 20 September 2014.