Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep Vice President = Rev David Barnabas Hon Secretary = Rev.Prince Calwin Hon Treasurer = D.S.Amirtham Antony Watson Brough (1861-1936), a missionary who came to Coimbatore from Australia in 1894, has played a major role in the history of the Diocese, served at Coimbatore for two years, moved to Erode in 1897 and established a hospital in Erode, particularly to look after the health needs of Muslim women.
The All Soul's Church was consecrated for worship on 27 January 1872 by Gell and Henry Pope was the first resident Chaplin.
The chancels have a low wooden roof, double sided gabled entrances supported by a single column and two pointed arches.
[2] The foundation was laid on 15 October 1898 by Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras and the church was dedicated on 11 June 1910.
Christ Church is located on Fort Road, near the District Collectorate, in the heart of Salem City, Tamil Nadu, India.
The church was designed by architect Robert Fellowes Chisholm, who was a pioneer of the Indo-Saracenic architecture, and also designed the Senate House buildings of the University of Madras and the Madras Presidency College[3] The construction of the church started in 1930 and it was completed in the year 1933 by Antony Watson Brough.
Built with lime mortar with egg and the stones were brought from Karur, it is constructed in the Indo-Saracenic style architecture.