The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Fr. D. Selvarajan (62) as Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara, Kerala on February 8, 2025. Since 2011, he has been the Judicial Vicar of Neyyattinkara, and since 2019, he has been the Parish Priest of St. Francis Xavier in Thiru-puram. He was born on January 27, 1962, in Valiyavila. He studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary in Alwaye and earned a License and Doctorate in Canon Law at the Université catholique de Louvain. He was ordained a priest on December 23, 1987, for the Archdiocese of Tri-vandrum of the Latins. The diocese of Neyyattinkara was erected on June 14, 1996, bifurcated from the Archdiocese of Trivandrum. Bishop Vincent Samuel is the first bishop of the diocese. The diocese consists of two taluks, Neyyattinkara and Nedumangad.