Pereji Solomon

Pereji Solomon
Bishop – in – Dornakal (1956-1979)
Church Christian
Diocese Dornakal
See Church of South India
In office 1956[1]-1979[2]
Predecessor A. B. Elliott
Successor G. S. Luke
Orders
Ordination 1947, Medak
by Frank Whittaker, Bishop-in-Medak
Consecration 27 November[2] 1956[3]
by H. Sumitra, Moderator, Church of South India Synod and J. E. L. Newbigin, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod[3]
Personal details
Born 3 June 1910[2]
Ganneruvaram,[2] Karimnagar District
Died 21 August 2002(2002-08-21) (aged 92)[2]
Paloncha[2]
Previous post Pastor, Diocese of Dornakal(1940-1956)
Missionary, British Isles[1](1956)

Bishop P. Solomon (3 June 1910-21 August 2002) was the third Bishop - in - Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India who succeeded A. B. Elliott. Just like his predecessor Elliott, Solomon also lived the life of a Catholic priest, maintaining celibacy and never got married in spite of the institution of marriage being optional in the Anglican Church.

Solomon had his spiritual formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore where he studied from 1936-1940[4] for the graduate course leading to Bachelor of Divinity awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University), India's first[5] {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}[6] with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.

After Solomon's return from Bangalore, he was ordained in 1947[7] by Frank Whittaker in Medak. In 1956, Solomon was a missionary in Swindon[2] and to the British Isles.[1]

Rajaiah David Paul writes that while Solomon out of the country, he was elected[7] as Bishop. Solomon was consecrated on 27 November 1956[2] as the third Bishop-in-Dornakal by H. Sumitra, Moderator and J. E. L. Newbigin, Deputy Moderator of the Church of South India Synod at the CSI-Epiphany Cathedral in Dornakal.[3] Solomon led the bishopric of Dornakal from 1956 to 1979. The Diocese of Dornakal was bifurcated in 1978 resulting in the creation of the Diocese of Karimnagar. M. Edwin Rao who compiled a centennial edition of the Diocese of Dornakal writes that Solomon attended ecclesiastical conclaves the world over,[2]

Religious titles
Preceded by
A. B. Elliott
1945-1955
Bishop - in - Diocese of Dornakal
Church of South India

1956-1979
Succeeded by
G. S. Luke
1980-1985
Preceded by
A. G. Jebaraj
1962-1964
Deputy Moderator,
Church of South India Synod

1964-1966
Succeeded by
J. E. L. Newbigin
1966-1972
Preceded by
A. H. Legg
1962-1966
Moderator,
Church of South India Synod

1966-1972
Succeeded by
I. R. H. Gnanadason
1972
Honorary titles
Preceded by
A. B. Elliott
1945-1956
Chairperson
Andhra Union Theological College,
Dornakal

1956-1964
Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by
Position created
Chairperson, Board of Governors
Andhra Christian Theological College,
Rajahmundry/Hyderabad

1964-1971
Succeeded by
K. C. George, STBC
1971-1973
Preceded by
Position created
Member, Board of Governors
Andhra Christian Theological College,
Rajahmundry/Hyderabad

1964-1979
Succeeded by
G. S. Luke
1980-1985

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Living Church, Volume 132, Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1956, p.20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 M. Edwin Rao (Compiled), Prophet Azariah and the Blessed Dornakal: A centenary revisit 1912-2012, Dornakal Diocese, Dornakal, 2012, pp.82-84
  3. 1 2 3 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.20-23.
  4. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.19
  5. Sankar Ray, The Hindu (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.
  6. The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which 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 recoginsed 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.
  7. 1 2 Rajaiah David Paul, The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, pp.264, 276.
  8. Resolutions and reports of the Lambeth Conference (1968), SPCK, 1968, p.151.
  9. The Uppsala report 1968: official report of the Fourth Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Uppsala July 4–20, 1968, World Council of Churches, 1968, pp.107 and 437.

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