George Issac

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George Issac
Bishop of North Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India
Church Christian
See Church of South India
In office1999-2006
Predecessor P. G. Kuruvilla
Successor K. P. Kuruvilla
Orders
Consecration1999

George Issac (1944 - 2013) was an Anglican bishop in the late 20th and early 21st centuries: [1] he was the fifth Bishop of North Kerala. [2]

Issac was on 4 August 1944, at Fort Kochi, and educated at Leonard Theological Seminary in Jabalpur. He was ordained a deacon in 1968 and priest in 1969. He was appointed a chaplain at Christian Medical College Vellore . He then taught Chicago Theological Seminary until his episcopal appointment.

He died at CMC Vellore, where he was undergoing treatment for cancer.

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