Bishop wants to become an Assistant Parish Priest

His Excellency Most Rev. Sebastianappan Singaroyan, who was retired at the age of 68 on 9 March 2020 from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Salem wants serve his own people as an assistant parish priest. He will be residing at Annai Velankanni Church at Karpur in the outskirts of the Salem city, Tamilnadu.

After his 19 years of episcopal ministry he left the Bishop’s house on11 March 2020. He went to Karpur Annai Velankanni substation church by riding his own motorbike and the staff at Bishop’s house gave him farewell with tears.

Bishop Singaroyan was well known for his simplicity. When he was the Bishop of Salem he used to travel by bicycle to nearby communities and in motorbike to the far distances. He is popularly known as people’s Bishop.

He is well known for his academic excellence, who holds doctorate in theology and three postgraduate degrees and five master’s diplomas in various fields. He is a passionate missionary who guided the Church in India from 2011 to 2015 as the Chairman of the CCBI Commission for Proclamation.