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St. John's Church, Vellore Fort

The History of Christian Ministry at Vellore Fort Church

The chronology of  presbyters and chaplains with Anglican lineage  who served in the Christian ministry in the Vellore fort area since 1776  till date  has two distinctive eras . Colonial / Pre-Independence period  and Post colonial / Post Independence period ( CSI)

1766 - 1946 : Colonial Era

  • Rev. John Thomas (1766)
  • Rev. C.W. Gericke (1769-1803)
  • Rev. J.P. Fabricius (1772,1773)
  • Rev. Dr. Andrew Bell (1788-1792)
  • Rev. Dr. J.P. Rottler (1793)
  • Rev. James Atwood )1799-1803)
  • Rev. J.D. Jaenicke (1800)
  • Rev. C.W. Paezold(1803-1817)
  • Rev. L.P. Haubroe (1822)
  • Rev. E.A.G. Falcke (1824)
  • Rev. P. Wessing (1826-1832)
  • Rev. S. Lewis (1833)
  • Rev. P. Stewart (1834)
  • Rev. William Tomes, (1835-1838)
  • Rev. A. Fennell, (1839-1840)
  • Rev. James Morant, (1841)
  • Rev. A.J. Rogers (1842)
  • Rev. Edward Whitehead (1843)
  • Rev. J. Griffiths, (1844)
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  • Rev. A.H. Alcock, (1845,1848)
  • Rev. John Challice Street (1846)
  • Rev. John Gorton, (1846-1847,1858)
  • Rev. Mark Wilks William James, (1848-1852)
  • Rev. Edward Kilvert, (1852-1854)
  • Rev. William Nagle, (1854-1858)
  • Rev. Thomas Arthur Cooper Pratt, (1859-1860)
  • Rev. William Thomas Blenkinsop (1860)
  • Rev. John William Wynch, (1861)
  • Rev. Dr. Johnstone Brydges Sayersm, (1861-1863,1864-1872)
  • Rev. Charles Dockley Gibson, (1863)
  • Rev. Arthur Thomas Bartiett (1872)
  • Rev. William Wesion Elwes, (1872)
  • Rev. Edward Hislp DuBois (1873)
  • Rev. John Bowden Trend,. (1973-1877,1879)
  • Rev. John Duncan Ostrehan, (1877-1878)
  • Rev. David George Clarke, (1878,1879)
  • Rev. Richard Parry Burnett,.(1880-1881)
  • Rev. Alfred Henry Barrow, (1881)
  • Rev. William Marshall Sargent Babingtsom (1882-1885,1887)
  • Rev. Alexander James Jones, (1885)
  • Rev. Charles Philip Croker Nugent (1886)
  • Rev. Edward Gibson (1886-1887, 1892-1893)
  • Rev. Charles Henry Pelly, (1888)
  • Rev. Arthur Acheson Williams, (1890-1894)
  • Rev. H.B.Norman (1894)
  • Rev. Arthur Ainsworth Sharp, (1895)
  • Rev. Daniel Wilson Kidd, (1896-1899)
  • Rev. Walter Muspratt, (1900-1904, 1906-1908)
  • Rev. Horace Ernest Motes Atkins, (1904)
  • Rev. Charles Randolph Rintoul (1905)
  • Rev. Charles Edward Sell,(1905,1926-1928)
  • Rev. Samuel Octavius Piers, (1906)
  • Rev. Ben Darcey Beeley (1908)
  • Rev. Ettrick Havelock Creak, (1909)
  • Rev. Henry Cecil Brough Sdtone, (1910-1912)
  • Rev. Christopher Francis Breay,(1912-1916)
  • Rev. Richard Marmaduke Langdale Smith, (1916,1933)
  • Rev. Edmund Bull (1917-1918)
  • Rev. Arthur Price (1918)
  • Rev. Harry Clement Loasby, (1919)
  • Rev. Rhys James, (1920,1922,1939)
  • Rev. George Augustus Arthur Wright, (1921)
  • Rev. Fdrancis Owen Proctor, (1923)
  • Rev. Henry Hacking, (1923)
  • Rev. Calude Emmanuel de-la-Bere. (1923)
  • Rev. Henry Noel Bridge (1924-1925)
  • Rev. Albert Charles Trench, (1929-1932)
  • Rev. Alfred  odore Coldman, (1934-1937)
  • Rev. Thomas Victor Perry, (1928,1942)
  • Rev. Francis Edward Weston Waite, (1938,1947)
  • Rev. Ernest Henry Fry (1940)
  • Rev. S.S Selvanayagam, (1941)
  • Rev. George Albert Wilson, (1943)
  • Rev. John Murdock Wallace, (1944-1946)

1947 -1974 : CSI-Madras Diocese

  •  Rev. John Gorton, (1947)
  • Rev. I.M. Devanbu (1948)
  • Rev. Ephraim David, (1949)
  • Rev. S. Christadoss, (1950-1952)
  • Rev. M.A. Rowlands, (1952)
  • Rev. David Thirugananapragasam (1953)
  • Rev. Dr. A.E. Inbanathan, (1953)
  • Rev.. Dr. Blaise Levai, (1954-1955,1957-1958)
  • Rev. Sundar Clarke, (1955-1958)
  • Rev. Dr. Ernest P. Fritschi, (1958-1960)
  • Rev. A. S. Chelliah(1959 – 1960)
  • Rev. Dr. Eugene L. Ten Brink, (1958-1959, 1960-1964)
  • Rev. Dr. Eugene P. Heideman. (1964-1952)
  • Rev. Peter Bishop, (1971)
  • Rev. A. C. Oommen, (1971)
  • Rev. K. I. Koshi, B.A., (1971-1974)
  • Rev. Joseph Goodridge(1972-1974)
  • Rev. Dr. Ernest Fritschi, (1974)

1974 Onwards : CSI-Vellore Diocese

  • Rev. Joseph James Pratt (1974-1990)
  • Rev. Fritschi (1990-1992)
  • Rev. Immanuel Sundarajan (1992-1997)
  • Rev. Fritschi (1997-1999)
  • Rev. Jeevan Babu (1999-2000)
  • Rev. Fritschi (June 2000-Nov 2000)
  • Rev. Rev. Wilfred Jayaraj (2000-2003)
  • Rev. Rufus Jayakaran (Jan 2004-Dec 2004)
  • Rev. Charles Irwin (July 2004 – 2008 June)
  • Rev. Clive E.Ponnuraj (July 2007- March 2013)
  • Rev. M. Rajendran (April 2013- May 2018)
  • Rev. I. Jared Arul Jebareuben (June 2018 – May2023)
  • Rev.Paul Robert Kennedy ( May 2023- to date)