In office 1997-2004 Predecessor D. P. Shettian | Successor Devaraj Bangera Rank Bishop | |
See CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore Consecration 25 August 1997
by Vasanth P. Dandin, Moderator and
William Moses, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod Previous post India Secretary, Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart (1992-1997),
Principal, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore (1983-1992). Diocese Diocese of Southern Karnataka of the Church of South India | ||
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.
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Graduate
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.
Research studies
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.
Teacher
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.
Administrator
From 1992 through 1997, Furtado was India Liaison Secretary at the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart, an overseas support partner of the Church of South India. In fact, it was Robert Scheuermeier, then India Secretary who advocated for an Indian to hold the post which he was relieving. After Furtado's stint at Stuttgart, he returned to India to take up the Bishopric in the Karnataka Southern Diocese after which P. Surya Prakash, then Professor of Homiletics at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore was appointed.
Bishopric
In 1997, when D. P. Shettian vacated the Cathedra in the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore on attaining superannuation, the resulting sede vacante was filled by the Church of South India Synod with the appointment of Furtado who by then returned from Stuttgart. Furtado was consecrated as Bishop - in - Mangalore at the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore by Vasanth P. Dandin, the Moderator and William Moses, the Deputy Moderator of the Church of South India Synod.