Aplinar Senapati

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Aplinar Senapati CM (born October 28, 1960 in Surada , India ) is an Indian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Rayagada .

Life

Aplinar Senapati joined the religious order of the Lazarists and received the sacrament of priestly ordination on November 28, 1990 .

On April 11, 2016, Pope Francis appointed him first bishop of the Rayagada diocese, which was established on the same date . He was ordained bishop by the Apostolic Nuncio in India, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio , on May 28 of the same year. Co- consecrator was the Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar , John Barwa SVD .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b erezione della diocesi di Rayagada (India) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 11, 2016, accessed April 11, 2016 (Italian).
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