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Bishop Vijay Anand Nedumpuram
was born on 24 September 1938 in
the parish of Cherpunkal, in the
eparchy of Palai. After
his school education in Palai,
he joined the CMI congregation
as an aspirant in 1956 at
Mannanam. He had his
novitiate at Chethipuzha and
Philosophy and Theology at
Dharmaram, Bangalore. He
made his first profession on 16
May 1959 and Final Profession on
16 May 1962. He was
ordained priest on 17 May 1967.
After his ordination he did his
MSW from Bombay in 1971.
From 1971-78 he was the Vicar
General of the Exarchate of
Chanda, from 1978-84 General
Councillor and Vicar General of
the CMI Congregation. In
1984 he was elected Prior
General of the congregation.
He was appointed bishop of
Chanda on 20 April 1990 which
was made public on 15 May 1990.
His ordination as Bishop took
place on 3 July 1990 and was
installed as Bishop on the same
day with the motto of Viswa
Kutumb (Universal
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