[1][2] He was born in Bhimavaram and died at the Bishop's House, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
[5] Joji was privileged to have received Blessed Mother Teresa when she went to Vijayawada to initiate the work of the Missionaries of Charity.
[4] Joji inaugurated the Hyderabad session of the scholarly Church History Association of India incorporating Church Historians of the Pentecostal, Protestant, Orthodox, and Catholic traditions.
He seemed to have headed the Diocese of Vijayawada's Social Service Society before being elevated to the Bishopric of Khammam.
The Archbishop has principally consecrated three Bishops of Andhra Pradesh: