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New bishop for Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church
Published : Jan 14, 2019, 6:39 pm IST
Updated : Jan 14, 2019, 6:39 pm IST
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D Daniel Jeyaraj was consecrated as the 13th bishop of Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church....

Nagapattinam, Jan 14 (PTI) D Daniel Jeyaraj was consecrated as the 13th bishop of Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church in a ceremony held at Tarangambadi in Nagapattinam district Monday. The consecration was held at the 300-year-old New Jerusalem Church in the presence of retired High Court judge Justice K Venkatraman, who is the administrator of Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Earlier, a procession was taken out from the Ziegenbalg memorial, in which students, pastors, heads of various churches across the country and abroad participated. After the consecration ceremony, a felicitation meeting was held. Thousands of religious heads and delegates from Sweden, Denmark, Germany and other countries participated on the occasion. The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a popular Christian denomination in India and was established in 1919.

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It is headquartered at Tiruchirappalli and theBishopsof the Lutheran Church hold the title 'Bishopof Tranquebar'. Until 1956, the church had foreigners as the bishops. R B Manickam became the first Indian bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1956. The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church consists of about 120 pastorates.

Location: India, Telangana

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