Anthony Chirayath

Anthony Chirayath is an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malabar Church who was the Bishop of Sagar from 2006 to 2018.

Biography

Chirayath was born in Aranattukara on 30 July 1941. He was ordained a priest on 2 January 1970.
Chirayath was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Bishop of Sagar on 2 February 2006. The Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil CSsR, granted his episcopal consecration on 25 March of the same year; co-consecrators were Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Archbishop of Trichur, and his predecessor Joseph Pastor Neelankavil CMI.
On 12 January 2018, Pope Francis accepted Chirayath's retirement due to age.