G. T. Abraham

G. T. Abraham
Bishop in Nandyal
Church Church of South India
See Diocese of Nandyal
In office 28 December 1994 – 25 September 2005[1]
Predecessor Ryder Devapriam
Successor P. J. Lawrence
Orders
Ordination 1967[2]
Consecration 1985
Personal details
Born Andhra Pradesh
Previous post Presbyter - in - Charge

Gondi Theodore Abraham was Bishop of Nandyal Diocese of the Church of South India.[3] He also taught Christian Ministry at the Andhra Christian Theological College.[2] Hyderabad

Studies

Abraham studied sciences at the Government Arts College in Kadapa.[2] He later enrolled at the United Theological College, Bengaluru and studied theology (B. D.) during 1962-1966[4] when Joshua Russell Chandran was the College Principal. As part of the University requirements, Abraham submitted a dissertation entitled Azariah of Dornakal[3] after which the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of Chetti Devasahayam awarded him a graduate degree. Later, Abraham was assigned pastoral roles in the parishes of Nandyal Diocese.[2] Abraham later undertook post-graduate studies in theology at the Virginia Theological Seminary[2] in Alexandria, Virginia and returned for parish work in the Diocese. He was later deputed to teach at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad.

While attending the Lambeth Conference, 1998, the Virginia Theological Seminary conferred upon Abraham an honorary doctorate at a special academic convocation on 27 July 1998 in Canterbury Cathedral's Crypt in Canterbury, Kent by Bishop Peter James Lee of Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.[5]

References

Notes
  1. Diocese of Nandyal
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Christopher Took (over e-mail), Virginia Seminary to confer honorary doctorates at Lambeth, 25 July 1998.
  3. 1 2 Constance M. Millington, An ecumenical venture: the history of Nandyal diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990, Issue 214 of ATC publication, Asian Trading Corporation, Bengaluru, 1993.
  4. The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p.33.
  5. The Lambeth Daily, Issue 11, Monday, 3 August 1998. p.3
Further reading
Religious titles
Preceded by
Ryder Devapriam
25 August 1985 – 4 September 1992
Bishop in Nandyal
28 December 1994 – 25 September 2005
Succeeded by
P. J. Lawrence
29 May 2006 –2012
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