Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church

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The Bishop of Tranquebar Johnson Gnanabaranam dressed 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.
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Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India. It has been established in 1919.[1] Its headquarters is in Tamil Nadu.[2] It has about 100,000 members.[3] The bishops has the title "Bishop of Tranquebar". It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation.[4] The Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Church of Sweden Mission were active in its area in the 19th century and is active there now.

The other Lutheran churches, belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, are: [5]

[edit] Bishops of Tranquebar

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp
  2. ^ http://www.uelci.org/member-churches.asp
  3. ^ http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/TamilEvLuthCch-EN.html
  4. ^ http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/TamilEvLuthCch-EN.html
  5. ^ http://www.the-uelci.org/member-churches.asp

[edit] External links
St. Thomas Christians Group
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Chaldean Syrian Church (Assyrian Church of the East in India)
Oriental Orthodox
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Indian Orthodox Church)
Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (Syriac Orthodox Church in India)
Syriac Catholic
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Syriac Reformed (Independent)
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
St. Thomas Evangelical Church
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