Biskop af Tranquebar

Biskop af Tranquebar Johnson Gnanabaranam.

Biskop af Tranquebar er den officielle titel for biskoppen i den evangelisk-lutherske tamilkirke Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (Thamil Suvesesha Lutheran Thiruchabai) i Tamil Nadu, Sydindien, grundlagt i 1919 ved mission fra det lutherske Leipziger Missionsverk, Den danske Halle-mission og svensk mission. Biskoppens residens er i Tranquebar House i Tiruchirapalli. Bispetitlen erindrer om, at luthersk missionsvirksomhed i Tamil Nadu begyndte allerede i 1706 i den nærliggende havneby Tranquebar.

Biskopper af Tranquebar

  • 1921-1926 Ernst Heuman
  • 1927-1934 David Bexell
  • 1934-1956 Johannes Sandegren
  • 1956-1967 Rajah Bushanam Manikam
  • 1967-1972 Carl Gustav Diehl
  • 1972-1975 A.J. Satyanadhan
  • 1975-1978 L. Easter Ray
  • 1978-1993 Jayseelan Jacob
  • 1993-1999 Johnson Gnanabaranam
  • 1999-2009 Thaveethu Aruldoss
  • 2009–2014 H.A. Martin
  • 2014 Edwin Jayakumar

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The 9. Bishop of Tranquebar Jubilee Gnanabaranam Johnson dressed up to the nines in Bishop's vestments with Bishop's mitre and Bishop's crozier of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tamil Nadu. He wore the Bishop's ring only during his installation.