Bishop P. Solomon was the third Bishop - in - Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India who succeeded A. B. Elliott.
Education
Solomon had his spiritual formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore where he studied from 1936-1940 for the graduate course leading to Bachelor of Divinity awarded by the Senate of Serampore College (University), India"s first {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Acting, 1956} with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.
Career
After Solomon"s return from Bangalore, he was ordained in 1947 by Frank Whittaker in Medak. In 1956, Solomon was a missionary in Swindon and to the British Isles. Rajaiah David Paul writes that while Solomon out of the country, he was elected as Bishop.
Solomon led the bishopric of Dornakal from 1956 to 1979.
The Diocese of Dornakal was bifurcated in 1978 resulting in the creation of the Diocese of Karimnagar. M. Edwin Rao who compiled a centennial edition of the Diocese of Dornakal writes that Solomon attended ecclesiastical conclaves the world over,
1956, World Methodist Conference, United States of America,
1956, Audience with Eisenhower along with other delegates attending World Methodist Conference,
1965, the Second Vatican Council convened by Pope Paul VI and also had an audience with the Holy Father in Rome and again in Bombay,
1968, the tenth Lambeth Conference presided by Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1961, World Methodist Conference, Oslo,
1965, Guest of honour of Patriarch of Syrian Orthodox Church, Damascus,
1967, British Methodist Missionary Society consultation, Manchester
1967, Congress on Evangelism by Billy Graham,
1967, East Asia Christian Council, Bangkok,
1969, Consultation on Church Union in Kenya-East Africa,
1969, Audience with the Emperor of Ethiopia at Addis Ababa,
1969, Audience with the Patriarch of Coptic Church in Addis Ababa.