Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India

India

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. It has been established in 1919.
Its headquarters is in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. It has about 100,000 members.. The bishops has the title "Bishop of Tranquebar

Tranquebar

Tharangambadi is a panchayat town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 15 km north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary of the Kaveri River. Its name means "place of the singing waves"...

". It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation

Lutheran World Federation

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. The Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden

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 Mission were active in its area in the 19th century and is active there now.

The other Lutherna churches ,belonging to the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India

United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India

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, are:

• Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church was constituted in the year 1927 in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the Indian successor to the United Lutheran Church in America which was started as a self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating church among Telugu Christians.-Memberships:* Andhra...
  
  
• Arcot Lutheran Church
  Arcot Lutheran Church
  Arcot Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 40,000 members. It belongs to National Council of Churches in India, United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches....
  
  
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh is a Church belonging to the Lutheran denomination in India. It has about 17,000 members. It is affiliated with United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, National Council of Churches in India, Lutheran World Federation and Christian Conference of...
  
  
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 25,000 members. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation.Its president is Godwin Nag....
  
  
• Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 40,000 members. Its headquarters is in Bhadrachalam, Madhya Pradesh.It has been founded in 1972. It is led by T...
  
  
• Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
  Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
  Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam is a major Christian denomination in India. It has hundreds of thousands of members. It has been established in 1919...
  
  
• Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 80,000 members.It is a member of the World Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, the National Council of Churches in India and Lutheran World Federation Council of Churches in India NagpurIt is a...
  
  
• Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church is a major Christian denomination in India. It has more thanm 150,000 members. It belongs to National Council of Churches in India, United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches.It is led by Bishop Chandra...
  
  
• Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
  Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in three states of North India - Bihar, Assam and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and the NELC also works in Bhutan....
  
  
• South Andhra Lutheran Church
  South Andhra Lutheran Church
  South Andhra Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It is Telugu-speaking.It is led by Bishop K.S. Chandra Sekhar. It has tens of thousands of members...
  
  

Bishops of Tranquebar

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

External links

• Website of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India