Bishops Served in TELC

Bishops of Tranquebar

The Rt. Rev. Dr

1. 1921-1926 Ernst Heuman from Sweden

2. 1927-1934 David Bexell from Sweden

3. 1934-1956 Johannes Sandegren from Sweden

4. 1956-1967 Rajah Bushanam Manikam

5. 1967-1972 Carl Gustav Diehl from Sweden

6. 1972-1975 A.J. Satyanadhan

7. 1975-1978 L. Easter Raj

8. 1978-1993 Jayseelan Jacob

9. 1993-1999 Johnson Gnanabaranam

10. 1999-2009 T. Aruldoss

11. 2009-2014 H.A. Martin

Welcome to TELC

Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919v and has approximately 200,000 members. Its headquarters is in Trichy,Tamil Nadu. It is one of the prominent mainline Lutheran churches in Tamil Nadu. Arunothayam is a monthly magazine released by this church.
The Bishops have the title Bishop of Tranquebar. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation. The Leipzig Evangelical Lutheran Mission and Church of Sweden Mission were active in the area of Trichy in the 19th century and are still active there today.This Lutheran church comes under United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India.