C. L. Furtado
| C. L. Furtado | |
|---|---|
| CSI-Bishop Emeritus - in - Karnataka Southern | |
| Church | Church of South India |
| Diocese | Karnataka Southern Diocese |
| See | CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore |
| In office | 1997-2004 |
| Predecessor | D. P. Shettian |
| Successor | Devaraj Bangera |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 25 August 1997 by Vasanth P. Dandin, Moderator and William Moses, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karnataka |
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India Secretary, Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart (1992-1997), |
India Secretary, Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart (1992-1997),
C. L. Furtado (Christopher Lazarus Furtado) is CSI-Bishop Emeritus - in - Karnataka Southern of Church of South India. Furtado became the third Bishop on 25 August 1997, the date on which he was consecrated as Bishop in the diocese that is headquartered in Mangalore with the Cathedra of the Bishop placed at CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore.
Furtado pursued a spiritual course leading to Bachelor of Divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore during the years 1962-1964 during the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran after which the University awarded him a degree during the Registrarship of C. Devasahayam. Furtado's graduate thesis was entitled A Brief History of the work of the Basel Mission in Coorg from 1855 to 1914 with special reference to the methods of Evangelism.
In 1972, Furtado went on study leave to the University of Hamburg, Hamburg where he studied Church History at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology and was able to complete his doctoral dissertation in 1977 under the supervision of Professors Hans Jochen Margull and Waack which was later published in 1978 under the title The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local.
Soon after his ministerial formation at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore, Furtado began teaching at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) along with Robert Scheuermeier, C. D. Jathanna and other Teachers till 1992 when he accepted an overseas assignment as India Liaison Secretary.
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