Bishop A. B. Elliott (1887[6] – 19 December 1970[1]) was the second Bishop - in - Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India succeeding V. S. Azariah as well as the second Bishop - in - Diocese of Krishna-Godavari. Elliott lived the life of a Catholic priest and never got married even though the institution of marriage was optional in the Anglican Church. From the time he came to Dornakal in 1913, Elliott remained serving the cause of the Church until his death, aged 83.
Bishop Anthony Blacker Elliott, CSI Assistant Bishop - in - Dornakal (1935-1945) Bishop – in – Dornakal (1945-1955) Bishop - in - Krishna-Godavari (1955-1959) | |
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| Church | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Calvinist, Presbyterian and Anglican missionary societies – ABCFM, Dutch Reformed Church, SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
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| Ordination | by Church Missionary Society (CMS) |
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| Rank | Bishop |
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| Born | 1887[6] |
| Died | 19 December 1980[1] (aged 93) Alair[1] |
| Buried | CSI-Epiphany Cathedral Compound, Dornakal |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Education | B. D. |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Anthony Blacker Elliott studied at the Trinity College Dublin, taking a Bachelor of Divinity[7] degree in 1912[8] and came to India as a missionary of the Church Missionary Society in 1913 soon after the[6] erection of the Diocese of Dornakal. After nearly two decades of episcopal ministry, he was made Assistant Bishop[4] - in - Dornakal in 1935 and elevated as bishop in 1945, the year in which Bishop V. S. Azariah died. From 1945 to 1955, Eliott occupied the Cathedra at the Ephiphany Cathedral, Dornakal until his transfer in 1955 to the adjoining Diocese of Krishna-Godavari.
Elliott moved to Eluru in 1955[9] following his transfer by the Church of South India Synod to the Diocese of Krishna-Godavari to fill the sede vacante caused by the sudden death of Bishop Y. Muthyalu. Elliott was installed as Bishop on 26 October 1955.[10]
The Church of South India Synod appointed P. Solomon as Bishop - in - Dornakal in the place of Elliott. As Bishop-in-Krishna Godavari, Elliott was in the office of the Bishop from 1956 until his retirement in September 1959[11] following which N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel was appointed in 1961 to succeed Elliott.
Elliott moved to Alair,[1] Warangal District, where he remained until his death on 19[1] December 1970 and was buried in the courtyard[1] of the CSI-Epiphany Cathedral in Dornakal.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k M. Edwin Rao (Compiled), Prophet Azariah and the Blessed Dornakal: A centenary revisit 1912-2012, Dornakal Diocese, Dornakal, 2012, pp.80-81
- ^ The Missionary Review of the World, Volume 58, Missionary Review Publishing Company, 1935, p.208. [1]
- ^ Gordon Hewitt, The Problems of Success: a History of the Church Missionary Society, 1910-1942, Volume 2, SCM Press, London, 1971, p.143.[]https://books.google.co.in/books?id=tuMpAQAAIAAJ&q=a.b.elliott+ordination+church+missionary+society&dq=a.b.elliott+ordination+church+missionary+society&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhg6SwgoX8AhW8znMBHQaCBEYQ6AF6BAgHEAI
- ^ a b J. L. Powell, The Spirit of Missions, Volume 100, 1935, p.147
- ^ K. M. George, Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.20-23 and 44-46. [2]
- ^ a b c Mildred E. Gibbs, The Anglican Church in India, 1600-1970, ISPCK, New Delhi, 1972, p.375. [3]
- ^ Dublin University Calendar
- ^ Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East..., Church Missionary Society, Church Missionary House, 1919, p.lxxiv. [4]
- ^ The Living Church, Volume 132, Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1956, p.20. [5]
- ^ Rajaiah David Paul, The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, p.276. [6]
- ^ Rajaiah David Paul, Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, 1972 [7]
Further reading
edit- Anantha Sudhaker Bobbili (2000). The Road from Poodur in Biographical Passages: Essays in Victorian and Modernist Biography: Honouring Mary M. Lago, University of Missouri, North America. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1256-6.