Dalit Nayak Bishop in Dornakal (1912-1945) | |
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| The Right Reverend | |
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| Church | Church of England in India |
| Diocese | Dornakal |
| In office | 1912 to 1945 |
| Predecessor | Position created |
| Successor | A. B. Elliott, CSI |
| Previous post(s) | Team Member, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1909 |
| Consecration | December 29, 1912, St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta (Bengal Presidency) |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah 17 August 1874 |
| Died | January 1, 1945 (aged 70) Dornakal, Hyderabad state |
| Buried | Epiphany Cathedral Compound, Dornakal |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Education | Undergraduation |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 2 January |
| Venerated in | Anglican Communion |
Bishop Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (17 August 1874 - 1 January 1945)[2] (also transliterated as Vedanayakam Samuel Azariah) was an Indian evangelist and the first Indian bishop in the churches of the Anglican Communion, serving as the first bishop of the diocese of Dornakal.[3] A pioneer of Christian ecumenism in India, Azariah had a complex relationship with Mahatma Gandhi, who at least once called him postcolonial Indians' "Enemy Number One."[4]
- ^ Constance M. Millington, An Ecumenical Venture: The History of Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990, ATC, Bangalore, 1993, p.12.[1]
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon (2005). Encyclopedia of Protestantism. New York: Facts on File, Inc., pp. 59-60.
- ^ Sundaram, K. J. G. (February 1931). "A Deccan Village in India". Journal of Geography. 30 (2): 49–57. Bibcode:1931JGeog..30...49S. doi:10.1080/00221343108987303.
- ^ Harper 2000, pp. 291–351.