John Mulagada

John Mulagada (12 December 1937 – 16 August 2009) was the Indian Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eluru, India. Ordained to the priesthood on 4 January 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed Mulagada the first bishop of the newly created Eluru Diocese and he was ordained Bishop on 5 May 1977.[1] Bishop Mulagada was the first Dalit to become bishop in India.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bishop John Mulagada". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ http://new.asianews.it/index.php?I=en&art=16103


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