Diocese of Medak | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Territory | Telangana |
Deaneries | 3 District Church Councils (DCC) (Godavari DCC, Medak DCC, and Town DCC)[1] |
Subdivisions | 105 Pastorates[1] |
Headquarters | Medak |
Statistics | |
Members | 1/3rds of a million[1] |
Information | |
Denomination | Protestant |
Rite | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
Established | 3 October 1947[2] |
Cathedral | Medak Cathedral |
Secular priests | 200[3] |
Language | English, Hindi, Kannada, Urdu, Lambadi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu |
Calendar | Church of South India Liturgical calendar |
Music | Contemporary worship music |
Current leadership | |
Parent church | Church of South India Synod |
Patriarch | A. Dharmaraj Rasalam (Moderator) |
The Right Reverend | Moderator's Commisary (K. Padma Rao) |
Vicar General | The Reverend T. Bhaskar (Vice-Chairperson of the Diocese)[3] |
Archdeacons | |
Website | |
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The Diocese of Medak is one of the prominent Dioceses in the Church of South India, a Protestant Uniting Church with its headquarters in Medak comprising nearly 200[3] Presbyters ministering to Telugu, Lambadi, Tamil,[2] Kannada, Malayalam,[5] Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu),[6] English[2] and other linguistic groups numbering nearly 1/3rds[1] of a million spread over 105[1] pastorates and administered through 3 District Church Councils[1] (DCC), namely, the Town DCC, the Medak DCC and the Godavari DCC geographically located in the erstwhile civil districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Rangareddy, Hyderabad and Mahboobnagar in Telangana.