Mohan Manoraj
| Mohan Manoraj | |
|---|---|
| Bishop in Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India | |
| Diocese | Karnataka Southern Diocese |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 2014- |
| Predecessor | John Sadananda |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 27, 1986 as Deacon and June 25, 1989 as Presbyter by D. P. Shettian |
| Consecration | December 15, 2014 by G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator and Thomas K Oommen, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 16, 1954 Karnataka |
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The Right Reverend Mohan Manoraj (born November 16, 1954) is the present Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of the Church of South India, the sixth in succession, and occupies the Cathedra at the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral in Mangalore who has been consecrated on December 14, 2015.
Manoraj pursued two degrees in Sociology,Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Mysore. As he was inclined to become a Priest, he discerned his avocation and underwent ministerial formation at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, a Seminary affiliated to the nation's first University {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}) with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal under the Principalship of C. L. Furtado.
Soon after Manoraj's ordination by D. P. Shettian, he was assigned ministerial roles in the Karnataka Southern Diocese of the Church of South India. Manoraj later upgraded his academics by pursuing a postgraduate course at the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai specialising in Social Analysis under the notable Activist-Scholar Gabriele Dietrich. After returning from Madurai, Manoraj taught for a year at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore between 1995-1996 and has been a visiting Teacher since then as he went back for pastoral ministry. Before becoming a Bishop, Manoraj was a Priest at the CSI-Sawday Memorial Church in Mysore.
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