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- 1 2 "South African Jerry Pillay elected new WCC General Secretary". www.cath.ch/ (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- 1 2 3 "Newly elected WCC general secretary believes that growing up in South Africa will help him in his approach to conflict and suffering". the World Council of Churches . Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ "Rev. Dr Jerry Pillay (Presbyterian Church) Beats Dr Elizabeth Joy (Malankara Orthodox Church) to Become the New WCC General Secretary". ocpsociety.org/. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 "Prof Jerry Pillay inaugurated". https://www. up.ac.za/. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ "A first South African president for WCRC". https://www. reformes.ch/ (in French). 24 June 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ See this list of Jerry Pillay's articles, or this one.
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