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Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919 and has approximately 200,000 members.〔()〕 Its headquarters is in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.〔 It is one of the prominent mainline Lutheran churches in Tamil Nadu. Arunothayam is a monthly magazine released by this church. On 14 January 1919, the Tamil congregation of different German, Danish and Swedish Lutheran missions, joined together to form the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC). In March 1921, the constitution of the TELC was amended to include the structure of episcopacy. In 1921, a Swedish missionary Rev. Dr. Ernst Heuman, was ordained as the first bishop of the TELC. The bishop of TELC hold the title Bishop of Tranquebar. In 1956, Dr. R B Manickam became the first Indian to be ordained as the bishop of TELC. The Bishops have the title ''Bishop of Tranquebar''. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation.〔 The Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Church of Sweden Mission were active in the area of Trichy in the 19th century and are still active there today. This Lutheran church comes under United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, == President TELC & Bishop of Tranquebar == 1. 1921-1926 Rt.Rev.Dr. 2. 1927-1934 Rt.Rev.Dr. 3. 1934-1956 Rt.Rev.Dr. 4. 1956-1967 Rt.Rev.Dr.Rajah Bushanam Manikam 5. 1967-1972 Rt.Rev.Dr.A. 6. 1972-1975 Rt.Rev.A.John Satyanadhan 7. 1975-1978 Rt.Rev.Lasarus Easter Raj 8. 1978-1993 Rt.Rev.Dr.Jayseelan Jacob 9. 1993-1999 Rt.Rev.Dr.Jubilee 10. 1999-2009 Rt.Rev.Dr. Thaveedu Aruldoss 11. 2009- Rt.Rev.Dr. H.A. Martin 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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