Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
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1924 –
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Who is Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy?
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy is an Indian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. His episcopical motto is Aedificare domum Dei which means To build the house of God.
He is the 4th cardinal from India and the first curial cardinal of Asia outside of the Middle East.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1924
India - Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Tamil
- Nationality
- India
- Education
- St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary
- Loyola College, Chennai
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on July 23, 2013
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