S. R. Furtado

S. R. Furtado (April 25, 1912 – November 4, 1995) was the first Bishop[3] - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India headquartered in Mangalore.[4]

Sebastian Ratnakar Furtado
Bishop in Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India
ChurchChristian
DioceseKarnataka Southern Diocese
SeeChurch of South India
In office1970-1978
PredecessorNorman C. Sargant (erstwhile Diocese of Mysore)
SuccessorD. P. Shettian
Orders
Ordination1952 by the Basel Evangelical Mission
Consecration2 May 1971
by The Most Reverend P. Solomon, Moderator and
the Right Reverend J. E. L. Newbigin, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod
Personal details
Born25 April,[1] 1912[2]
Karnataka
Died4 November 1995[1]
Karnataka
ParentsMary Jane (Mother); Lazar Andrea Furtado (Father)[1]

Studies

Furtado's family hailed from a Roman Catholic[2] family which joined the Basel Evangelical Mission[5] and studied at Serampore College, Serampore, where his 1950 graduate thesis for his Bachelor of Divinity was Bhuta (Demon) Worship in South Canara and Its Effect on the Life and Religion of the People.[6]

Ecclesiastical ministry

From 1959[2] onwards, Furtado taught at the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary at Mangalore until 1965 and then continued to teach at the new entity, the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, which was formed with the coming together of the BEMTS where Furtado was already teaching, and the Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur. Furtado resigned from the College in 1970 on account his elevation to the newly formed Bishopric, the Karnataka Southern Diocese.

Bishopric

In the 1960s, the Basel Evangelical Mission to which Furtado belonged got unionized[2] into the Church of South India and in the ensuing ecclesiastical talks, Furtado, who was already a Theologian was chosen and principally consecrated as Bishop of Karnataka Southern Diocese on 2 May 1971 by Church of South India Synod Moderator P. Solomon in the presence of the co-consecrator, Deputy Moderator J. E. L. Newbigin.[4] Although Furtado retired in 1978, he continued as Moderator's Commissary until 1983. K. M. George wrote about Furtado as "a man of great discipline, dedication, deep conviction and administrative ability and concern for the unity and mission of the Church".[4]

Writings

1985, The United Basel Mission Church Administration Structure[7]

References
  1. Geni
  2. Vijaya Kumar, Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834-1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.195.
  3. The Church of England Year Book, Volume 93, Church of England. General Synod, Church Information Office, 1976, p.235.
  4. K. M. George, Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.36-41.
  5. The Mysore Gazette, Part 4, Mysore, 1962, p.1194
  6. K. Cinnappa Gauḍa, The Mask and the Message, Madipu Prakashana, 2005.
  7. S. R. Furtado, The United Basel Mission Church Administration Structure in Godwin Shiri (Edited), Wholeness in Christ - The Legacy of the Basel Mission in India, KATHRI, Mangalore, 1985, pp.259-271.
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