P. J. Lawrence

Papathoti Joseph Lawrence
Bishop – in – Nandyal
Church	Christian
Diocese	Nandyal
See	Church of South India
In office	2006-2012
Predecessor	G. T. Abraham
Successor	Pushpa Lalitha
Orders
Consecration	May 29, 2006 at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal by The Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, Moderator
Personal details
Born	Andhra Pradesh
Previous post	Director, Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands

Bishop Emeritus P. J. Lawrence was Bishop - in - Nandyal from 2006 to 2012.

Lawrence underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), where he studied Bachelor of Divinity from 1968-1971 under the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran.

Lawrence also studied a doctoral degree leading to Doctor of Ministry at the Columbia Theological Seminary in 2000. Lawrence's thesis was entitled St. James, Jamaica, "Toward a Caribbean Theology of Liberation: A Christian Response to Rastafarian Movement".

Lawrence founded the Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands. In 2003, he performed the marriage rites of 13 couples who went underwater for the marriage ceremony.

On 29 May 2006, the Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, then Moderator principally consecrated Lawrence at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal.

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