Template:PortalClement William Venkataramiah was Bishop of Nandyal.
Venkataramiah was educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury; and ordained in 1930. He was the Warden at the SPG High School at Giddalur from 1930 until 1941; and Chaplain at Igatpuri until 1945. After further stints at Ahmedabad, Deolali, Poona, Parel, Kurduvadi, Byculla and Surat he was appointed Archdeacon of Bombay, serving from 1959 until[1] 1963. He became the first diocesan Bishop of Nandyal in 1963;[2] he was consecrated a bishop by Lakdasa De Mel, Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India in St Thomas' Cathedral, Bombay[3] on the feast of St Mark (25 April) 1963.[4] He was Bishop for four years.[5]
References
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1959/60 p 1199 London, OUP,1959
- ↑ Template:Church Times
- ↑ First Bishop Of Nandyal. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 17 January 1963; pg. 12; Issue 55601
- ↑ Template:Church Times
- ↑ jajjarapu