Park Rankin

The Reverend
W. Park Rankin
Born
England
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationPastor
ReligionChristianity
ChurchChurch of South India
Congregations served
Presbyter, St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore (1960-1961)[1]
Offices held
Auxiliary Secretary[2], Bible Society of India Bombay Auxiliary, Mumbai (1953[3]-1959[4]),
General Secretary, Bible Society of India, Bangalore (1959-1960)[5],
Interim Secretary, Bible Society of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (1965)[5],
Director, Emperor's School for the Blind, Addis Ababa (1971)[6]
TitleThe Reverend

W. Park Rankin was the General Secretary[7] of the Bible Society of India, Bangalore and held office during 1959-1960.[5]

Ecclesiastical ministry

Mumbai (India)

Earlier, Rankin was the Auxiliary Secretary[2][4] of the Bombay Auxiliary during 1953[3]-1959 and was involved in the translation of the Bible into Marathi language[3] and Gujarati language.[8] When Rankin's services were required at the Central Office of the Bible Society of India, Rankin left from Mumbai to Bangalore in 1959 making J. B. Satyavrata[4] to hold the post of Auxiliary Secretary of the Bible Society of India Bombay Auxiliary. Although Rankin was supposed to return to Mumbai after a year, his return got delayed[4] due to which Satyavrata was appointed as full-time[4] Auxiliary Secretary of the Bombay Auxiliary.

St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore where Rankin and his colleague C. Arangaden served as Presbyters during 1960/1961.

Bangalore (India)

Rankin was General Secretary of the Bible Society of India for a year during 1959-1960 till a successor was selected and appointed. When the Bible Society of India Trust Association chose the rural Pastor, A. E. Inbanathan as the next General Secretary, Rankin continued to be in Bangalore and served as Deputy General Secretary[4] of the Bible Society of India to help the new General Secretary get acquainted with the knowledge required to take forward the work of the Bible Society of India. It was during Rankin's incumbency that the foundation for the Translations Department was laid resulting in the appointment of Chrysostom Arangaden as Associate General Secretary (Translations).

During Rankin's period of stay in Bangalore, he became full-time Presbyter[1] of the St. Andrew's Church of the Church of South India where he served during 1960-1961.[1] Chrysostom Arangaden, the newly appointed Associate General Secretary (Translations), Bible Society of India also served as Associate Presbyter[1] at the St. Andrew's Church during 1960 along with his colleague Rankin.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Rankin later left for Ethiopia[5] where he was the Bible Society in Ethiopia and later served the visually challenged[6] at a home in Addis Ababa.

Other offices
Preceded by
 Auxiliary Secretary,[2]
Bible Society of India Bombay Auxiliary, Mumbai
1953[3]-1959 		Succeeded by
J. B. Satyavrata[4]
1960-
Preceded by
Marjorie Harrison,
1958-1959[5]
 General Secretary,
Bible Society of India, Bangalore
1959-1960[5] 		Succeeded by
Religious titles
Preceded by
P. J. Child/Henry Sedlo,
1959[1]
 Presbyter,
St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore
1960-1961[1] 		Succeeded by
David Mackie
1961-1963[1]

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g St. Andrew's Kirk, Bangalore, List of Presbyters
  2. ^ a b c Sir Stanley Reed (Edited), The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who, Times of India, Times of India Press, Bombay, 1955, p.386. [1]
  3. ^ a b c d W. Park Rankin, Sermon on the Mount in Marathi, Bible Society of India, Pakistan & Ceylon, 1953. [2]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 145, American Bible Society, 1961, p.174. [3]
  5. ^ a b c d e f Annual Report of the American Bible Society, Volume 150, American Bible Society, 1965, p.32 and p.53. [4]
  6. ^ a b Blind Welfare, Volume 13, National Association for the Blind, 1971, p.51. [5]
  7. ^ Sir Stanley Reed (Edited), The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who, Bennett, Coleman, 1960, p.559. [6]
  8. ^ W. Park Rankin, The Holy Bible in Gujarati, The Bible Society of India, Bombay, 1952. [7]