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==In Roman Rota ==
==In Roman Rota ==
He was nominated to Roman Rota in 1996 and two year later, he was appointed lawyer in Roman Rota. Pope Benedict XVI appointed a judge in Roman Rota and head of the Chancery of Roman Rota and principle of the law college of Roman Rota on 5 May 2007.<ref>https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2007/05/08/indian-monsignor-named-judge-of-roman-rota&post_id=5025</ref> He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church. When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church.<ref>http://www.radiovaticana.va/storico/2007/05/05/indian_priest_appointed_judge_in_vaticans_supreme_court/in2-132030</ref> When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014.<ref>https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-creates-vatican-commission-study-marriage-process</ref>
He was nominated to Roman Rota in 1996 and two year later, he was appointed lawyer in Roman Rota. Pope Benedict XVI appointed a judge in Roman Rota and head of the Chancery of Roman Rota and principle of the law college of Roman Rota on 5 May 2007.<ref>https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2007/05/08/indian-monsignor-named-judge-of-roman-rota&post_id=5025</ref> He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church. When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church.<ref>http://www.radiovaticana.va/storico/2007/05/05/indian_priest_appointed_judge_in_vaticans_supreme_court/in2-132030</ref> When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014.<ref>https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-creates-vatican-commission-study-marriage-process</ref>

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Msgr Micheal Xavier Leo Arokiaraj

Early life

Monsignore Michael Leo Arockiaraj was born on 8 September 1958 at Mettupatti of the of the civil district of Dindigul of Tamilnadu, South India and of the ecclesiastical diocese of Dindigul.[1] After his initial formation in St Augustin's minor seminary, Trichy, philosophical formation in Christ Hall seminary, Karumathur, and theological formation in Pontifical Urban University, Rome, he was ordained a priest on 25 April 1984.[2]

Academic Background

He obtained a bachelor degree in Indian civil law in the Government Law College, Trichy, Tamilnadu and a licentiate and doctorate in canon law in Pontifical Urban University, Rome in 1992.[3]

In Roman Rota

He was nominated to Roman Rota in 1996 and two year later, he was appointed lawyer in Roman Rota. Pope Benedict XVI appointed a judge in Roman Rota and head of the Chancery of Roman Rota and principle of the law college of Roman Rota on 5 May 2007.[4] He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church. When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014He is the first Asian and Indian to be appointed a judge in this Supreme Tribunal of the Catholic Church.[5] When Pope Francis created a commission to reform the matrimonial process, he was chosen as a member of the commission on 27 August 2014.[6]

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