Appointment of archbishop of Madurai, India
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Wote, Kenya
Appointment of chair of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Appointment of archbishop of Madurai, India
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of Palayamkottai and apostolic administrator of Madurai, as archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Madurai, India.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu was born on 8 December 1960 in Vadakku Vandanam, in the diocese of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.
He was ordained a priest on 26 April 1987, for the diocese of Palayamkottai.
On 20 November 2019 he was appointed bishop of Palayamkottai and received episcopal consecration the following 15 December. Since 2024, he has served as apostolic administrator of Madurai.
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Wote, Kenya
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Wote, Kenya.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe was born on 26 November 1962 in Gatundu, district of Kiambu, in the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi. After attending Saint Mary’s Major Seminary in Molo, he studied philosophy at Saint Augustine’s Senior Seminary in Mabanga and theology at Saint Matthias Mulumba Senior Seminary in Tindinyo.
He was ordained a priest on 18 June 1994 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Nairobi.
He has held the following offices: assistant at the Queen of Apostles Junior Seminary in Nairobi (1994-1995); assistant in the parishes of Thigio (1995), Mang’u (1995-1996), Ndundu (1996-1997) and San Matia Mulumba in Thika (1997-1998); parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima in Kiriko (1998-1999) and of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic in Kiambu (1999-2008); vicar forane and member of the College of Consultors (1999-2008); administrator of the Minor Basilica of the Holy Family in Nairobi and chaplain of the diocesan Family Pastoral Office (since 2008).
On 13 February 2024 he was elected titular bishop of Thubunae in Numidia, and on 6 April 2024 consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Nairobi, Kenya.
Appointment of chair of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry and bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and of Tarentaise, as chair of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Archbishop Verny has until now served as a member of the same Pontifical Commission.
