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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend<br />
| name = Thomasappa Anthony Swamy<br />
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur|Bishop of Chikmagalur]]<br />
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| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore|Bangalore]]<br />
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur|Chikmagalur]]<br />
| appointed = 2 December 2006<br />
| enthroned = 6 February 2007<br />
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| predecessor = [[John Baptist Sequeira]]<br />
| successor = ''Incumbent''<br />
| ordination = 20 May 1984<br />
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| consecration = 6 February 2007<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Bernard Moras]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|2|9|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mariyannapalya]] [[Karnataka]] [[India]]<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Pontifical Gregorian University]]<br />
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| motto = TO LOVE AND SERVE<br />
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'''Thomasappa Anthony Swamy''' is the Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur]], India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chik0.htm|title=Diocese of Chikmagalur, India|work=GCatholic|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/bishop-thomasappa/84|title=Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa {{!}} Bishop of Chikmagalur Diocese Anthony Swamy Thomasappa {{!}} Ucanews|website=directory.ucanews.com|access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175604/http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/bishop-thomasappa/84|archive-date=29 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/8498|title=The Pope accepts the resignation of the Bishop of Chikmagalur and appoints successor - Agenzia Fides|first=Agenzia|last=Fides|website=www.fides.org|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born in [[Mariyanna Palya]], a small village in [[Bangalore]] on 9 February 1951.<br />
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== Priesthood ==<br />
He was ordained a priest for the [[Archdiocese of Bangalore]] on 20 May 1984.<br />
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He was a professor in [[St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary]], Bangalore. Thomasappa was in charge of [[Seminary]] Publications and Director of Kannada Sanga in [[St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary]], Bangalore.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa did his doctorate in [[Missiology]] in [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] in [[Rome]].<br />
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== Episcopate ==<br />
He was appointed Bishop of Chikmagalur on Dec. 2, 2006, and was ordained bishop on Feb. 6, 2007. The Karnataka state diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province headed by the [[Archdiocese of Bangalore]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/New-Bishop-for-Chikmagalur/article14717423.ece|title=New Bishop for Chikmagalur|date=2007-02-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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He worked in various parishes of the [[Archdiocese]] before being elected as the [[Bishop of Chikkamagaluru]].<br />
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He was appointed the Bishop of Chikkamagaluru by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. He was installed as bishop by [[Bernard Blasius Moras]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bthoas.html|title=Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa [Catholic-Hierarchy]|last=Cheney|first=David M.|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
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[[Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bengaluru Urban district]]<br />
[[Category:Pontifical Gregorian University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI]]</div>Axis