Bengaluru, India. Student Nathaniel Rayappa, CMF was ordained a priest on 26 January 2019 at the Sacred Heart Parish in the Village of Silvepura in the hands of Msgr. Bernard Blasius Moras, Bishop Emeritus of Bangalore. He will practice his priestly ministries in the Province of Santiago where he is incardinated. He had his First Mass at the same church on the next day.
Present during the celebrations were Frs. José Antonio Serrano and Juan José Raya, CMFF in the name of the Provincial Superior of Santiago. Some thirty members of the Province of Bangalore as well as its Provincial, and the faithful of the village were also present.
We congratulate our Claretian brothers who, in May 2025, were ordained to the priesthood and made their final profession in different Major Organisms of the Congregation. Priestly Ordinations Province of St. Thomas (India)May 5 – Paduva (India) – Ordained by Bishop...
Mannar, Sri Lanka. Eight Claretian deacons were ordained priests on May 22, 2025, at St. Sebastian’s Cathedral, Mannar, by Rt. Rev. Dr. Anthonippillai Gnanapragasam, Bishop of Mannar. Seven belong to the St. Joseph Vaz Independent Delegation (JVID), and one to...
Kerala, India. The St. Thomas Province of the Claretian Missionaries rejoiced in May 2025 as three deacons were ordained to the priesthood in grace-filled celebrations across Kerala. Dn. George (Tojit) Pallipurathu, CMF, was ordained on 5 May at St. Antony’s Church,...