Thachanallur Pastorate

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Thachanallur Pastorate
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Good Shepherd Church, Thachanallur Pastorate
Country India
Website www.csithachanallur.org
History
Founded19 February 1993 (1993-02-19)
Dedication Rt. Rev. S Jeyapaul David
Dedicated19 February 1993
Administration
District Tirunelveli
Synod Church of South India
Presbytery Rev. P. Swaminathan
Province Tamil Nadu
Diocese Tirunelveli Diocese
Parish Thachanallur Pastorate
Clergy
Bishop(s) Rt. Rev. J.J. Christdoss
Pastor(s) Asirvadham Moses, Mr. Prabakaran, Mr. Jebastin, Sam Sargunaraj
Laity
Organist/Director of music J. Dhinagar Vivin Christlin

Thachanallur Pastorate is a pastorate which belongs to the Tirunelveli Diocese in Tamil Nadu, India. [1] Thachanallur Pastorate was previously affiliated with the Tirunelveli Junction Pastorate. [2] It was separated in 2009 and emerged as a new pastorate.

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History

The Christian people who lived in the small town "Thachanallur" started gathering in the TDTA primary school, which belonged to the Tirunelveli Junction Pastorate. The church was named "The Christ Church" by Rev. Clement Duraisingh. The first Catechist of this was Mr. P. Koilpillai.[ citation needed ]

Praying members of the congregation had a vision of building a new church for themselves. The land for the church was brought near the southern bypass road; however, the members of the church were not rich enough to support the construction of the church building. At that time Thangadurai Dhanaraj took charge of catechist.[ clarification needed ] Finally the church was built and opened for worship on 18 February 1996. Rev. Clement Duraisingh renamed it as "Good Shepherd Church". [3] [ better source needed ] In 2006 Mr. Andrew became the catechist of the congregation.[ citation needed ]

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CSI - Thachanallur Pastorate

Pastorate

Tirunelveli Junction Pastorate was divided into two. Good Shepherd Church was given the autonomy. Along with four more congregations Thachanallur Pastorate was established on 4 April 2009. The pastorate is affiliated to the North-West Council of the Tirunelveli Diocese. Rev. P. Swaminathan was appointed as the first Presbyter-in-charge for the newly formed Thachanallur Pastorate. [4] Rev. M. Rajasekaran served as the Presbyter-in-charge for the Pastorate. Rev. A. Paul Jebaraj is the current Pastorate Chairman & Correspondent of Thachanallur Pastorate.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tirunelveli Diocese - Tirunelveli Junction". Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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