Samineni Arulappa, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Samineni Arulappa

Catholic bishop

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1924

Date of Death: 13-Feb-2005

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Archbishop Samineni Arulappa (28 August 1924 – 13 February 2005), often shortened to S Arulappa, was an Indian Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Hyderabad from December 1971 through January 2000.
The youngest priest to be consecrated to such a high office, he was also the longest-serving Catholic Archbishop in India.
He was also the first Archbishop who had the honour of being consecrated by Pope Paul VI in Rome (Showrayya 1997, p.
42-51)."Love and Serve" was his motto (Ecclesiastical Units 2008, p.
40-41).