Rennis Ponniah (); is a Singaporean Anglican retired

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. He was the 9th

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. He succeeded Bishop John Chew on his retirement on 4 October 2012. He was also the president of the

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from 2016 to 2018. He retired in 2020 and was succeeded by Titus Chung.

Education

Ponniah studied in the National University of Singapore and received a Bachelor of Social Science degree; and a

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from

Trinity Theological College, Singapore Trinity Theological College (TTC), Singapore, was founded in 1948 as a union college between Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians for theological training. The Lutherans joined the union in 1963. Academic programmes are offered in both Englis ...

Priesthood

In 1990, Ponniah was ordained as a

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at St Andrew's Cathedral and in 1991, he was ordained as a

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. On 4 May 2005, he was consecrated as the Assistant Bishop of Singapore. Prior to becoming the Anglican Bishop of Singapore, he was Vicar of St John's - St Margaret's Church.

References

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