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词条 Diocese of Rayalaseema of the Church of South India
释义

  1. About the Diocese

  2. Bishops of the Diocese

  3. Further reading

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Rayalaseema Diocese is a diocese of Church of South India in Andrapradesh state of India.The diocese one among the 22 dioceses of Church of South India.

About the Diocese

It is one of the Telugu Diocese among the six of Church of South India. The origin of the diocese is by the London Mission Society. The headquarters of CSI Rayalaseema diocese is at Kadapa. There are 16 town committees and 20 divisions under the Rayalaseema diocese. Nearly 70 pastors are working in the diocese in 2000 churches under them, most of them being in rural areas. The rural churches are united in some number as pastorates with a pastorate headquarters, where, the pastor stays and administers the remaining churches in villages. Along with them there are several evangelists, bible women visiting the villages and preaching the God's word. Biferication took place between our diocese and Nandyala diocese in the year 1984 during the times of Our Bishop Rt. Rev Dr. L.V. Azariaha and the bishop of Nandyala Diocese Rt. Rev. Reider Devapriyam.

Bishops of the Diocese

  • Rt Rev Dr K. B. Yesu Vara Prasad (2006-2012)
  • Rt Rev Dr B. D. Prasada Rao (2013 -Till date)

Further reading

  • {{cite journal

|author = S. J. Sampath Kumar
|title = Genesis growth and activities of Rayalaseema diocese of church of south India a historico social study
|year = 2002
|volume =
|issue =
|isbn =
|url = http://hdl.handle.net/10603/62670
}}
  • {{cite journal

|author = K. M. George
|title = Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997
|year = 1999
|volume =
|issue =
|isbn = 8172145128
|url = https://www.worldcat.org/title/church-of-south-india-life-in-union-1947-1997/oclc/1039224320&referer=brief_results
}}
  • {{cite journal

|author = Constance M. Millington
|title = Led by the Spirit: a biography of Bishop Arthur Michael Hollis, onetime Anglican Bishop of Madras, and later first moderator of the C.S.I.
|year = 1996
|volume =
|issue =
|isbn = 81-7086-189-6
|url = https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2hjkAAAAMAAJ&q=bishop+bunyan+joseph&dq=bishop+bunyan+joseph&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOmZHCqp_gAhXJtI8KHTCXCM8Q6AEIUjAI
}}
  • {{cite journal

|author = Constance M. Millington
|title = An Ecumenical Venture: The History of Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990
|year = 1993
|volume =
|issue =
|isbn = 81-7086-153-5
|url = https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ue_jAAAAMAAJ&q=bishop+bunyan+joseph&dq=bishop+bunyan+joseph&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOmZHCqp_gAhXJtI8KHTCXCM8Q6AEISTAG
}}
  • {{cite journal

|author = Rajaiah David Paul
|title = Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India
|year = 1972
|volume =
|issue =
|isbn =
|url = https://books.google.co.in/books?id=5cpWAAAAMAAJ&q=bishop+bunyan+joseph&dq=bishop+bunyan+joseph&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZtsyIrJ_gAhUGMI8KHfzVACI4ChDoAQg4MAM
}}
  • {{cite journal

|author = Rajaiah David Paul
|title = The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India
|year = 1958
|volume =
|issue =
|isbn =
|url = https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mNEsAAAAIAAJ&q=bishop+bunyan+joseph&dq=bishop+bunyan+joseph&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOmZHCqp_gAhXJtI8KHTCXCM8Q6AEIVTAJ
}}

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