Solomon Doraiswamy

Bishop Solomon Doraiswamy was the second[1] Bishop-in-Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India whose bishopric lasted from 1964 to 1982.

Solomon Doraiswamy
Bishop – in – Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India (1964-1982)
Church	Christian
Diocese	Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India
See	Church of South India
In office	1964-1982
Predecessor	E. B. Thorp
Successor	Rajamanickam Paulraj
Orders
Ordination	by Arnold Legg
Consecration	by Arnold Legg, Moderator Co-consecrator, P. Solomon, Deputy Moderator[1]
Personal details
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Doraiswamy elected as the second Bishop - in - Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India who was principally consecrated in 1964[1] by Moderator, Arnold Legg and co-consecrated by P. Solomon, the Deputy Moderator.

During the fourteenth Church of South India Synod held from 10–14 January 1974[1] at the Women's Christian College, Madras, Doraiswamy was elected as the Deputy Moderator and held the office from 1974 to 1980 for over three terms (1974-1976; 1976-1978 and 1978-1980). Again during the seventeenth Church of South India Synod held from 10–14 January 1980[1] at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Doraiswamy became the Moderator and held the office for a term up to 1982.[1]

Doraiswamy retired from the bishopric in 1982[1] on attaining superannuation. The Senate of Serampore College (University) awarded an honorary doctorate degree upon Doraiswamy in 1981.[2]

References

1. 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.65-67, 97, 104-108.
2. List of the Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa), Senate of Serampore College (University).