Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior has succumbed to a severe head injury in a tragic car accident. He was 65.

According to a press release from the Diocese of Gwalior, the bishop was returning to his residence after an annual function in a school when his car skidded off and overturned.

He was immediately rushed to the nearest hospital and thereafter to St. Joseph Hospital, Gwalior, where he was declared dead.