[1][2] Ignaci Siluvai was born in Kuthenkully[1] of the diocese of Tuticorin, in the civil district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India on 5 June 1947.

[nb 3]–1995), a small fishing village, where in 1991 he helped to build stone houses for the poor and in 1991/1992 built a larger school.

[1] Aiming at this vision, he established the Father Sebastian Educational and Charitable Trust in 1997.

[1] It is named after Ferdinand Lenßen, a former pastor of St. Elisabeth [de] from Aachen as well as a friend and major supporter of the project, who had died a little bit earlier on 6 April 1996.

[7][2][8] He was conferred with Monsignor title (capellano del Santo Padre) on 16 November 2002.