About Elizabeth Paul
Lived 1927 – 2001 (aged 73). Elizabeth Paul was an Indian priest.
Elizabeth Paul (28 February 1927 – 17 January 2001) was the first ordained woman in India. a missionary training centre founded in 1945 in the Women's Christian College, Chennai. Bishop Kenneth E. Gill remarks that it was a religious order for women missionaries, teachers and nurses from many traditions who wished to live by a simple rule.
Death Paul was looking after Vishranti Nilayam, the headquarters of the CSI Order of Sisters in the Church of South India when she died on 17 January 2001 due to a prolonged illness caused by a broken tooth.
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Indian priest (1927-2001)
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Elizabeth Paul was born on 28 February 1927 in India.
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Elizabeth Paul died on 17 January 2001 in Bengaluru.
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