Solomon Doraiswamy
Bishop Solomon Doraiswamy was the second[1] Bishop-in-Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India whose bishopric lasted from 1964 to 1982.
Solomon Doraiswamy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop – in – Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India (1964-1982) | |
| Church | Christian |
| Diocese | Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 1964-1982 |
| Predecessor | E. B. Thorp |
| Successor | Rajamanickam Paulraj |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | by Arnold Legg |
| Consecration | by Arnold Legg, Moderator Co-consecrator, P. Solomon, Deputy Moderator[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Previous post(s) | Pastor, Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India (-1964) |
Doraiswamy elected as the second Bishop - in - Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India who was principally consecrated in 1964[1] by Moderator, Arnold Legg and co-consecrated by P. Solomon, the Deputy Moderator.
During the fourteenth Church of South India Synod held from 10–14 January 1974[1] at the Women's Christian College, Madras, Doraiswamy was elected as the Deputy Moderator and held the office from 1974 to 1980 for over three terms (1974-1976; 1976-1978 and 1978-1980). Again during the seventeenth Church of South India Synod held from 10–14 January 1980[1] at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Doraiswamy became the Moderator and held the office for a term up to 1982.[1]
Doraiswamy retired from the bishopric in 1982[1] on attaining superannuation. The Senate of Serampore College (University) awarded an honorary doctorate degree upon Doraiswamy in 1981.[2]
References
- 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.65-67, 97, 104-108.
- List of the Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa), Senate of Serampore College (University).