Norman C. Sargant

Norman Carr Sargant (3 January 1909 – 17 September 1982) was the second[1][3] Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore. Norman was the brother of Thomas Sargant and William Sargant.

Norman C. Sargant
Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore
ChurchChristian
DioceseDiocese of Mysore
SeeChurch of South India
In office1951-1970[1]
PredecessorPremaka Gurushantha
SuccessorKenneth E. Gill
Orders
Consecration12 April 1951 at St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore[2]
Personal details
Born(1909-01-03)3 January 1909
Highgate, London, UK
Died17 September 1982(1982-09-17) (aged 73)
Bristol, UK

Sargant was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge and Handsworth Theological College.[4] He came to India as a Methodist Missionary in 1931[5] and was a member of the Church History Association of India.[6]

Writings

Norman C. Sargant wrote the following books,

  • Date unknown, History of the Protestant Church (in Karnataka),[7]
  • Date unknown, My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939-January 1946,[8]
  • Date unknown, The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850-1922,[9]
  • 1940, The Dispersion of the Tamil Church,[10]
  • 1944, A Letter from Mysore,[11]
  • 1952, W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers,[12]
  • 1963, The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion’’,[13]
  • 1963, A charge delivered by Norman Carr Sargant, second bishop in Mysore, at a meeting of the presbyters and deacons attending the ninthe Diocesan Council at Hubli, November 14th 1963,[14]
  • 1976, India : A Christian View,[15]
  • 1985, India, My Appointed Place": An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India,[16]
  • 1987, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920-1950. This book is preserved at the National Library, Government of India, New Delhi,[17][18]
  • 1987, Mary Carpenter in India,[19]

Records

Papers of Norman Sargant are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham[20]

References
  1. K. M. George, Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.36-41.
  2. Rajaiah David Paul, ‘’The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India’’, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, p.74.
  3. Bernard Thorogood, Gales of Change: Responding to a Shifting Missionary Context : the Story of the London Missionary Society, 1945-1977, WCC, p. 97.
  4. "Sargant, Norman Carr". A History of Methodism. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. Sargant, Norman Carr Collection, Reference code(s): GB 0151 DA36, held at Birmingham - University of, Information Services, Orchard Learning Resources Centre
  6. Indian Church History Review, Volume 17, 1983, 83
  7. Norman Sargant, History of the Protestant Church (in Karnataka), Cited by Godwin Shiri in Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India, Karnataka Theological College and Research Institute, Mangalore, 1985, p.76.
  8. Norman Carr Sargant, My Dear Boy: Letters from Norman Thomas Carr Sargant to His Son Norman Carr Sargant : September 1939-January 1946.
  9. Norman Carr Sargant, The Life Story of an Indian Minister: The Rev. Henry Premaka, 1850-1922, C.L.S. Press, Madras.
  10. Norman Carr Sargant, The Dispersion of the Tamil Church, S.P.C.K, 1940.
  11. Norman Carr Sargant, A Letter from Mysore, Printed at the Wesley Press and Publishing House, 1944.
  12. Norman Carr Sargant, Arthur Marcus Ward, William Ernest Tomlinson, W. E. Tomlinson: a memoir and some papers, Christian Literature Society for India, Madras, 1952.
  13. Norman Carr Sargant, 'The Lingayats: The Vira-Saiva Religion’’, Christian Institute . for the Study of Religion and Society, Bangalore, 1963.
  14. Norman Carr Sargant, A charge delivered by Norman Carr Sargant, second bishop in Mysore, at a meeting of the presbyters and deacons attending the ninthe Diocesan Council at Hubli, November 14th 1963, 1963.
  15. Norman C. Sargant, ‘’India: A Christian View’’ in The Labour Monthly, Volume 58, published by Rajani Palme Dutt, Labour Publishing Company, 1976, p.545.
  16. Norman Carr Sargant, India, My Appointed Place: An Account of Mary Carpenter's Four Journeys to India, 1985.
  17. Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920-1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987.
  18. Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920-1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987.
  19. Norman Carr Sargant, Mary Carpenter in India, 1987
  20. "UoB Calmview5: Search results". calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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