Soundaraj Periyanayagam

Soundaraj Periyanayagam (6 June 1949 – 21 March 2020) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop and salesian priest.

Periyanayagam was born in India and was ordained to the priesthood in 1983.

After gaining his BA in economics from Sacred Heart College, Thirupattur, he continued his studies in economics and theology and returned to Sacred Heart as a teacher; he went on to become the college's principal in 1994.

He was announced as the sixth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore, on July 11, 2006. He served there until his death in 2020. He died due to cardiac arrest on 21 March 2020.