Gone Benjamin Devasahayam
| Bishop Gone Benjamin Devasahayam CSI | |
|---|---|
| Bishop – in – Karimnagar (1982-1987) | |
| Church | Christian |
| Diocese | Karimnagar |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 1982-1987 |
| Predecessor | B. Prabhudass |
| Successor | K. E. Swamidass |
| Orders | |
| Consecration |
1982, CSI-Wesley Cathedral, Karimnagar by The Most Reverend I. Jesudasan, Moderator, The Right Reverend Sundar Clarke, Deputy Moderator[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Previous post | Pastor, Diocese of Karimnagar, Church of South India (1956-1982) |
Bishop G. B. Devasahayam was the second[1] Bishop-in-Karimnagar Diocese of the Church of South India.
Studies
Devasahayam pursued spiritual studies at the United Theological College, Bangalore affiliated to India's first[2] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}[3] was the spiritual formation ground for Swamidass [4] with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal from 1952-1956 leading to graduate degree of Bachelor of Divinity. K. M. Hiwale, then Registrar of the United Theological College, Bangalore lists Devasahayam as having a Master of Arts[4] degree which he had pursued overseas.[5] Mar Aprem Mooken who compiled Indian Christian Who is Who in 1983 also reiterates the fact that Devasahayam had an M. A. degree to his credit.[6]
Bishopric
In 1982[1] then Bishop - in - Karimnagar, B. Prabhudass vacated the Cathedra on attaining superannuation. In order to fill the sede vacante, the Church of South India Synod announced the appointment of Devasahayam to the bishopric. I. Jesudasan then Moderator of the Church of South India Synod principally consecrated Devasahayam as Bishop - in - Karimnagar in the presence of Sundar Clarke, the Deputy Moderator.
In 1987,[1] Devasahayam vacated the Bishopric on account of health reasons resulting in an unexpected sede vacante for which parallels can be drawn as the there are similarities to the papacy of Cardinal Ratzinger who resigned citing health reasons in 2013. The Church of South India Synod filled the sede vacante by announcing the appointment of K. E. Swamidass to succeed Devasahayam.
Devasahayam continued to minister in the Diocese of Karimnagar as a Bishop without a Diocese until his superannuation.
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by B. Prabhudass 1978-1982 |
Bishop - in - Karimnagar Church of South India 1982-1987 |
Succeeded by K. E. Swamidass 1987-1992 |
| Other offices | ||
| Preceded by B. Prabhudass 1978-1982 |
Member, Board of Governors Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad 1982-1987 |
Succeeded by K. E. Swamidass 1987-1992 |
References
- 1 2 3 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, p.108.
- ↑ Sankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. Internet, accessed 30 November 2008.
- ↑ The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal.
- 1 2 K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.26
- ↑ Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Part 1, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly Office of the General Assembly, 1972, p.1201.
- ↑ Mar Aprem, Indian Christian Who is Who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p.41.
Further reading
- Anantha Sudhaker Bobbili (2000). "The Road from Poodur in Biographical Passages: Essays in Victorian and Modernist Biography : Honouring Mary M. Lago, University of Missouri, North America". ISBN 978-0-8262-1256-6.