Govada Dyvasirvadam

Govada Dyvasirvadam
Govada Dyvasirvadam
Bishop Emeritus, H. D. L. Abraham
Consecration	24 November 2002; by K. J. Samuel
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	28 March 1951; Challapalli, Andhra Pradesh
Previous post(s)	General Secretary of the Church of South India

Govada Dyvasirvadam (born 28 March 1951) is Bishop Emeritus of

Presbyterians).^[1]

St. Andrew's Cathedral in Machilipatnam was the seat of the Bishop-in-Krishna Godavari.

Earlier, in 1998, Dyvasirvadam was elected as the General Secretary of the CSI, the youngest ever in the church's history.^[2]

Dyvasirvadam was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches headquartered in Geneva^[3] as well as a member of the General Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia headquartered in Thailand.^[4]

Early years

Dyvasirvadam was born on 28 March 1951 in

alumnus of Sreemanthu Raja Higher Secondary School, Challapalli in Krishna District and the Municipal School in Eluru

in West Godavari District.

Dyvasirvadam later did his college studies in A.V.N. College (established in 1860), one of the oldest institutes in Visakhapatnam.

Dyvasirvadam also pursued post-graduate studies in

N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel

.

Ordination and pastorship

After studying at the Bishop's College in Calcutta, the Diocese of Krishna Godavari first posted Dyvasirvadam to

Krishna District.^[5]

In March 1978, Dyvasirvadam was ordained by Bishop Henry Lazarus as a deacon in the St. Andrew's Church in

Bishop in Medak

) ordained him as a priest.

Higher studies and professorship

With interest to pursue higher studies in theology, the Diocese granted Dyvasirvadam study leave. Dyvasirvadam proceeded to the

Systematic Theology studying between the years 1982–1984^[7] and worked out a dissertation entitled Eschatological motifs in process theologies^[8] under the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran^[9]

After successful completion of post-graduate studies in theology, his diocese assigned Dyvasirvadam a teaching task at the ecumenical

B.Th.) and Bachelor of Divinity

(BD) degrees.

Research

Later, on invitation from the

D. Th.) in the South Asia Theological Research Institute (SATHRI) in Bangalore. He chose the discipline of Liberation Theology.^[11]

Synod of the CSI

In 1992, Dyvasirvadam was recalled to the

Bird Ryder Devapriam and was assigned the responsibility of overseeing pastoral concerns and became Director of the Pastoral Aid Department of the Church of South India Synod, Chennai

.

The biennial Synod of the CSI elected Dyvasirvadam as its general secretary in 1998 in Arogyavaram in

Chittoor District, succeeding George Koshy.^[12] He was re-elected unanimously in the Synod of 2000 in Secunderabad

and in the Synod of 2002 in Melukavumattam.

Dyvasirvadam has been elected as the Deputy Moderator of CSI in the Synod of 2012 at Kanyakumari.

Dyvasirvadam has been elected as the Moderator of CSI in the Synod of 2014 at Vijayawada.

Bishopric

The CSI Diocese of Krishna-Godavari is one of the largest extending from

Srikakulam District in the northern circars of Andhra Pradesh. Its cathedral was first erected in Eluru and was subsequently shifted to Vijayawada. Earlier bishop's who served in this diocese were notable and exemplary. Following the retirement of T. B. D. Prakasa Rao,^[12] Dyvasirvadam was elected unopposed. Subsequently, the cathedral was shifted to Machilipatnam

.

The Moderator of the CSI during that time was K. J. Samuel who principally consecrated him in the St. Andrew's Cathedral in Machilipatnam.

Honours

In the year 2001, friends of Dyvasirvadam proceeded to write a 365-page festschrift in his honour on the occasion of the completion of fifty years. Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel and P. Surya Prakash edited the festschrift.

References

^ Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: Krishna-Godavari
^ Vinod Victor in Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), Ecumenism: Prospects and Challenges – A Festschrift to the Rev. G. Dyvasirvadam, Indian Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), New Delhi, 2001, pp.xxix – xxxiv
^ The eighty assembly of the world council of churches held from 3–14 December 1998 in Harare, Zimbabwe elected a total of 37 members to its central committee [1]
^ The eleventh assembly of the CCA held in Indonesia from 2–6 June 2000 elected Dyvasirvadam as a member of its general committee.[2] Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), op. cit.
^ Ibid.
^ K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students, postgraduate course, p.119.
^ G. Dyvasirvadam, Eschatological motifs in process theologies in Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991
^ Ibid.
^ Ibid.
^ Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (et al.), op. cit.
^ ^a ^b 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. [3]

Church of South India Ecclesiastical Titles
Preceded by George Koshy^Laity 1990–1998	General Secretary Church of South India Synod Chennai 1998–2002	Succeeded by Pauline Sathyamurthy^Laity 2002–2008
Preceded by T. B. D. Prakasa Rao, CSI 1981–2001	Krishna Godavari Machilipatnam 2002–2018	Succeeded by T. George Cornelious, CSI 2018–present
Preceded by G. Devakadasham, CSI 2010–2012	Deputy Moderator Church of South India Synod 2012–2014	Succeeded by Thomas K. Oommen, CSI 2014–2017
Preceded by G. Devakadasham, CSI 2012–2014	Moderator Church of South India Synod 2014–2017	Succeeded by Thomas K. Oommen, CSI 2017–2019
Academic offices
Preceded by R. Yesurathnam, CSI B. J. Christie Kumar, STBC	Teacher – in – Systematic theology Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad 1984–1992	Succeeded by R. Yesurathnam, CSI B. J. Christie Kumar, STBC
Honorary titles
Preceded by P. Surya Prakash, CSI 2010–2015	Chairperson, Henry Martin Institute, Hyderabad 2015–2019	Succeeded by Geevarghese Mar Yulios 2019-present
Preceded by K. Frederick Paradesi Babu, AELC 2013–2015	Chairperson, Board of Governors, Andhra Christian Theological College, Secunderabad 2015–2018	Succeeded by R. R. D. Sajeeva Raju, STBC
Preceded by B. P. Sugandhar, CSI	Chairperson, United Theological College, Bangalore 2003–2009	Succeeded by P. Surya Prakash, CSI 2009–2012

[1] Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: Krishna-Godavari

[2] Vinod Victor in Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), Ecumenism: Prospects and Challenges – A Festschrift to the Rev. G. Dyvasirvadam, Indian Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), New Delhi, 2001, pp.xxix – xxxiv

[3] The eighty assembly of the world council of churches held from 3–14 December 1998 in Harare, Zimbabwe elected a total of 37 members to its central committee [1]

[4] The eleventh assembly of the CCA held in Indonesia from 2–6 June 2000 elected Dyvasirvadam as a member of its general committee.[2] Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[autogenerated1-5] Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), op. cit.

[6] Ibid.

[Hiwale-7] K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. Past students, postgraduate course, p.119.

[8] G. Dyvasirvadam, Eschatological motifs in process theologies in Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991

[9] Ibid.

[10] Ibid.

[11] Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (et al.), op. cit.

[George-12] 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. [3]

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