A. C. Solomon Raj
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The Right Reverend Doctor A. C. Solomon Raj CSI |
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| CSI-Bishop–in–Medak | |
| Native name | మహ గనుడు యే. సి. సోలమన్ రాజ్ అయ్యాగారు |
| Church | Protestant Church of South India (comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, CMS, and the Church of England) |
| Diocese | Diocese of Medak |
| See | Medak |
| Appointed | 12.10.2016 |
| Predecessor | T. S. Kanaka Prasad, CSI |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | As Deacon on 6.10.1992, As Presbyter on 5.4.1994 by Bishop Victor Premasagar and Bishop B. P. Sugandhar |
| Consecration | 13.10.2016 by The Most Reverend G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator and Principal Consecrator and The Right Reverend Thomas K. Oommen, Deputy Moderator and Co-consecrator |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | A. C. Solomon Raj |
| Born |
March 18, 1961 Telangana |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Residence | Medak |
| Parents | Smt. Esther Rani and A. C. Dayanand |
| Occupation | Priesthood |
| Previous post | Pastor |
| Education | B.Com., B.D., M.Th. |
| Alma mater | Giriraj Government College, Nizamabad, United Theological College, Bangalore |
The Right Reverend Doctor A. C. Solomon Raj (born 18 March 1961) is the seventh successor of Frank Whittaker and eighthBishop in Medak of the Protestant Church of South India Society and shepherds the Diocese from the Cathedra of the Bishop housed in the CSI-Medak Cathedral in Medak Town. On 12 October 2016, the Church of South India Synod headquartered in Chennai, appointed Solomon Raj to assume the ecclesiastical Office of the Bishopric of Medak comprising nearly 200Presbyters ministering to Telugu, Lambadi, Tamil,Kannada, Malayalam,Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu),English and other linguistic groups numbering nearly 1/3rds of a million spread over 105 pastorates and administered through 3 District Church Councils (DCC), namely, the Town DCC, the Medak DCC and the Godavari DCC geographically located in the erstwhile civil districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Rangareddy, Hyderabad and Mahboobnagar in Telangana. The appointment and subsequent consecration of Solomon Raj ended four years of sede vacante in the Diocese of Medak which was without a Bishop during the intervening period of 2012–2016.
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