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Moderator of the CSI during that time was K. J. Samuel who principally consecrated him in the St. Andrew's Cathedral in
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studying between the years 1982–1984 and worked out a dissertation entitled
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251:Challapalli
233:Challapalli
227:Early years
166:Challapalli
88:Predecessor
1561:Categories
1079:2003–2009
1043:2015–2018
1000:2015–2019
949:1984–1992
892:2014–2017
851:2012–2014
807:2002–2018
764:1998–2002
510:References
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188:Methodists
121:Ordination
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1075:Bangalore
1026:2013–2015
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864:2014–2017
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789:1981–2001
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364:Hyderabad
184:Anglicans
98:Successor
83:2002–2018
80:In office
671:op. cit.
666:(et al.)
580:op. cit.
560:Archived
386:Research
285:Kanumolu
221:Thailand
1009:present
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