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CSI
Holy
Cross
Cathedral
Nandyal
Nandyal
Diocese
is
a
diocese
of
Church
of
South
India
in
Andhra
Pradesh
state
of
India.
The
diocese
is
one
among
the
22
dioceses
of
Church
of
South
India
in
India.
The
first
missionaries
who
came
to
Nandyal
were
Arthur
Inman
and
Alfred
Briton
in
the
year
1881.
These
two
missionaries
were
responsible
to
establish
the
SPG
High
School
in
1884
and
to
build
the
Holy
Cross
Church
in
1905
in
Nandyal.
These
two
missionaries
who
resided
in
Nandyal
lived
in
tents
and
went
about
preaching
the
gospel
in
and
around
Nandyal
in
various
villages
and
building
churches.
Their
mode
of
travel
in
those
days
were
bullock
carts
on
most
primitive
roads
or
cart
tracks.
They
learned
the
local
language
Telugu
and
traveled
extensively
beyond
Nandyal
to
place
like
Kurnool,
Giddalur,
Kalasapad,
Atmakur
and
Nandikotkur
and
planted
churches
in
the
villages.
In
this
church
first
SPG
Telugu
Graduate
Priest
Rev.
David
Gnanamuthu
served
from
1912
to
1923,
he
came
from
Medras
Christian
Theological
College,
Madras
(1885
to
1890)
and
his
son
Re.
John
Yesudas
Gnanamuthu
served
in
this
diocese.
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