TIRUCHIRAPPALLI, Tamil Nadu, India — Father Francis Xavier Arockiasamy, who formerly served in Highlands and Greensboro, passed away recently in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. He was 58.
A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 28, 2023, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tiruchirappalli, followed by cremation.
Father Arockiasamy was ordained on May 7, 2000, for the Diocese of Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, India. In the Diocese of Charlotte, he served as chaplain of Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville from 2013 to 2014. In July 2014, he was assigned as parochial administrator of Our Lady of the Mountains in Highlands and St. Jude in Sapphire, until June 2018 when he returned to India.
— Catholic News Herald