Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bishop; ecumenist.
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1874
Place of Birth: Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1945
Profession: priest
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah
- Bishop Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (17 August 1874 – 1 January 1945) (also transliterated as Vedanayakam Samuel Azariah) was an Indian evangelist and the first Indian bishop in the churches of the Anglican Communion, serving as the first bishop of the diocese of Dornakal.
- A pioneer of Christian ecumenism in India, Azariah had a complex relationship with Mahatma Gandhi, who at least once called him postcolonial Indians' "Enemy Number One."
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