William Paul Vachalan | |
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Bishop of South Kerela | |
Church | Church of South India |
Diocese | South Kerela |
Installed | 1967 |
Personal details | |
Died | 1972 |
Buried | M M Church Cemetery |
Nationality | Indian |
Residence | Trivandrum |
Children | Daughter - Prema Frederick |
William Paul Vachalan [1] was a bishop in the Church of South India, the second Bishop of South Kerela. [2]
Vachalan served with the Basel Mission. He was later Principal of the Kerala United Theological Seminary at Trivandrum.
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