A. C. Solomon Raj

This article is about the present Bishop in Medak. For the Christian artist specializing in Batik, see P. Solomon Raj.

The Right Reverend

A. C. Solomon Raj

Ayyagaru
Bishop in Medak
Bishop Solomon Raj celebrating Good Friday Mass in 2021
ChurchChurch of South India
DioceseDiocese of Medak
SeeMedak
Appointed12.10.2016[1]
PredecessorT. S. Kanaka Prasad
SuccessorIncumbent
Previous post(s)Pastor
Orders
OrdinationAs Deacon on 10 October 1992,
As Presbyter on 5.4.1994[2]
by Victor Premasagar and B. P. Sugandhar
Consecration13 October 2016[3]
by G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator (Principal Consecrator)
Thomas K Oommen, Deputy Moderator (Co-consecrator)
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Avulamanda Christopher Solomon Raj[1]

(1961-03-18) March 18, 1961 (age 63)[2]
Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
DenominationChristianity
ResidenceMedak
SpouseVajra Solomon[citation needed]
ChildrenDaughter (Shilpa)[citation needed]; two sons (Finny, Benjamin)[citation needed]
OccupationPriesthood
EducationB.Com. (Osmania),
B.D. (Serampore),
M.Th. (Serampore)[2]
Alma materGiriraj Government College, Nizamabad, (Telangana)[4]
United Theological College, Bangalore, (Karnataka)[4]

A. C. Solomon Raj (born 18 March 1961)[2] is the seventh successor of Frank Whittaker and eighth[5] Bishop in Medak of the Protestant Church of South India Society and shepherds the Diocese from the Cathedra of the Bishop housed in the CSI-Medak Cathedral in Medak Town, Telangana, India. On 12 October 2016,[3] the Church of South India Synod headquartered in Chennai, appointed Solomon Raj to assume the ecclesiastical Office of the Bishopric of Medak and was consecrated the next day on 13 October 2016[6] at the CSI-St. George's Cathedral, Chennai,[4] ending four years[7] of sede vacante in the Diocese of Medak which was without a bishop during the intervening period of 2012–2016.[8]

Solomon Raj is an eloquent speaker[9] with near native fluency in Telugu, Hindi, and English. His sermons centre around the eschatologies of the end times focusing on Christ. He spent nearly a decade[10] undergoing spiritual studies under Old Testament Scholars[10] E. C. John, CSI and Gnana Robinson, CSI at the United Theological College, Bangalore, an affiliated seminary of the Senate of Serampore College (University), India's first[11] University {a university under Section 2 (f)[12] of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}[13] founded by the Baptist Missions led by Joshua Marshman, William Carey, and William Ward.

  1. ^ a b Namasthe Telangana, మెదక్ చర్చి నూతన బిషప్‌గా సోలమాన్ రాజ్, 13 October 2016. [1]
  2. ^ a b c d Church of South India Synod - Medak Ministerial Details. [2]
  3. ^ a b The Hans India, Rev Solomon Raj is new Bishop of Medak church, Friday, 14.10.2016.[3]
  4. ^ a b c The Hindu, Hyderabad, Rev. Solomon Raj first Bishop of Telangana, Thursday, 14.10.2016. [4]
  5. ^ Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad, Rev. A. C. Solomon Raj is 8th Bishop in Medak, Church of South India, 14.10.2016. [5]
  6. ^ General Secretary's Report, Church of South India Synod, 2017, pp.5-6.[6]
  7. ^ George Conger, Four year wait for bishop ends for Central Indian diocese, Anglican Ink, 20.10.2016.[7] Archived 31 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Asian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Indian Christian Secular PartyRev. A.C Solomon Raj speech during party launch[8]
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Hiwale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Sankar Ray in Business Line, 11 April 2008 Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. Internet, accessed 30 November 2008. [9]
  12. ^ Under section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recognized by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal.[10] Archived 12 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.