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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_title": "Azariah Elevated to Episcopate",
      "chunk_data": "The elevation of V. S. Azariah to the episcopate, as bishop of the newly formed diocese of Dornakal, was an important step in the development of Indian leadership in the Anglican communion.",
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      "chunk_title": "Commissioning Episcopal Authority",
      "chunk_data": "I, Henry (Whitehead), by divine permission Bishop of Madras, hereby commission the Right Reverend Vedanayakam Samuel Azariah to exercise full episcopal powers, oversight and jurisdiction in that part of the dominions of His Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad which lies East of the seventy-ninth degree of longitude, and in some adjoining portions of British territory; the boundaries of this area on the South and South East being identical with the present boundaries of the Khammamet Mission District now occupied by the Church Missionary Society, as shown on the accompanying map; and within the area I, Henry, Bishop of Madras, will exercise such authority and jurisdiction as the Metropolitan of the Province exercises within the dioceses of the suffragan Bishops of the Province of India and Ceylon and such only; provided always that in accordance with Resolution 6 of the Synod of 1912 such authority and jurisdiction be delegated to me by the Metropolitan.",
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