Govada Dyvasirvadam | |
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Bishop of Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India | |
Church | Church of South India |
Diocese | Diocese of Krishna-Godavari |
See | Church of South India |
In office | 2002–present |
Predecessor | T. B. D. Prakasa Rao |
Successor | Incumbent |
Orders | |
Ordination | December 1979 |
Consecration | 24 November 2002 by K. J. Samuel |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 March 1951 Challapalli, Andhra Pradesh |
Previous post | General Secretary of the Church of South India |
Govada Dyvasirvadam (born 28 March 1951) is the Bishop of Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India(incorporating Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians).
St. Andrew's Cathedral in Machilipatnam is the seat of the Bishop-in-Krishna Godavari.
Earlier, in 1998, Dyvasirvadam was elected as the General Secretary of the CSI, the youngest ever in the church's history.
Dyvasirvadam was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches headquartered in Geneva. as well as a member of the General Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia headquartered in Thailand.
Dyvasirvadam was born on 28 March 1951 in Challapalli in Krishna District. He was the tenth child of his parents, Rev. Govada Devamani and Smt. Suguna Sundaram. Schooling was in Krishna and West Godavari districts. He had been an alumnus of Sreemanthu Raja Higher Secondary School, Challapalli in Krishna District and the Municipal School in Eluru in West Godavari District.
He later did his college studies in A.V.N. College (established in 1860), one of the oldest institutes in Visakhapatnam.
Dyvasirvadam also pursued post-graduate studies in Noble College, Machilipatnam and was inspired by the then Bishop in Krishna-Godavari, N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel.