Life & biography
Fr. Duraiswami Simon Amalorpavadass was born on 15 June 1932 at Kallery, in present-day Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu. He was the younger brother of Cardinal Simon Lourdusamy and spoke Tamil, French and English.
He studied at St Anne's High School, Tindivanam; St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore; St Agnes Minor Seminary, Cuddalore; St Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli; and St Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore. He was ordained on 12 April 1959 for the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, and served in parishes and at the Regional Catechetical Centre.
In 1962 he went to the Institut Catholique de Paris, earning a master's degree in catechetics and a doctorate in theology with a dissertation entitled “Destiny of the Church in India Today.” Returning in 1966, he served as pastor at Viriyur.
He died on 25 May 1990 in a road accident while travelling from Mysore to Bangalore. He is buried at Anjali Ashram, Mysore.