| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | Bishop |
| Joseph Rajappa, RCM | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Doctor of Divinity (Honoris causa) |
| The Most Reverend | |
| Church: | Catholic Church |
| Diocese: | Kurnool Khammam |
| Appointed: | Kurnool (12 June 1967) Khammam (18 January 1988) |
| Term: | Kurnool (12 June 1967 - 18 January 1988) Khammam (18 January 1988 - 27 December 1989) |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | Position created |
| Successor: | Mathew Cheriankunnel (Kurnool) Marampudi Joji (Khammam) |
| Other Post: | Parish Priest, St. Mary's Minor Basilica, Shivajinagara |
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| Ordination: | 19 December 1945 |
| Ordained By: | Thomas Pothacamury |
| Consecration: | 7 September 1967 |
| Consecrated By: | Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy |
| Rank: | Bishop |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Anekal, Kingdom of Mysore |
| Death Place: | St. John's Hospital, Bangalore |
| Buried: | Anekal, Karnataka |
| Nationality: | (1918–1947) India (1947–1989) |
| Religion: | Christianity |
| Partner: | --> |
| Profession: | Priesthood |
| Education: | B. Th. (Urbaniana) B.A. (Mysore) |
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| Motto: | la|ORATIONE ET PRAEDICATIONE VERBI |
| Joseph Rajappa | |
| Dipstyle: | The Most Reverend |
| Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Joseph Rajappa (3 November 1918 - 27 December 1989) was a Priest of the Roman Catholic Church in India. He was the first Bishop in Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool (1967-1988) and in Roman Catholic Diocese of Khammam (1988-1989). He hailed from Anekal in erstwhile Mysore state.
He underwent spiritual formation St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore.[1]