Michael Augustine (bishop)

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The Most Reverend Savarinathan Michael Augustine
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Church	Catholic Church
See	Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Installed	25 June 1992
Term ended	10 June 2004
Predecessor	Venmani S. Selvanather
Successor	Antony Anandarayar
Other post(s)	Sous-Director of Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School Vice-Rector of St. Peter Pontifical Seminary Rector of St. Peter Pontifical Seminary Auxiliary bishop of Madras – Mylapore Bishop of Vellore
Orders
Ordination	15 April 1961 by Ambrose Rayappan
Consecration	29 March 1978 by Duraisamy Simon Card. Lourdusamy
Rank	Archbishop
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-12)12 June 1933 Kovilanoor, Tamil Nadu, India
Died	4 November 2017(2017-11-04) (aged 84) Pondicherry, India
Buried	Cathedral Cemetery, Pondicherry
Alma mater	Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School St Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli St. Agnes (Minor) Seminary St. Peter Pontifical Seminary l'Institut Catholique de Paris
Motto	"Fiat" means Let Lord's will be done
Coat of arms

Savarinathan Michael Augustine (12 June 1933 – 4 November 2017) was an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore from 1992 to 2004.^[1] He is an honorary member of Society of Foreign Missions of Paris. He served the church for 39 years as a bishop and for 56 years as a priest. He died on 4 November 2017.

Augustine was sometimes referred to as the "People's Bishop", and "Bishop of the poor." He was fluent in English, French, Tamil, and Latin. He was a Tamil scholar, as well as a lyricist, poet, writer, singer, pianist, magician and artist.