C. L. Furtado (Christopher Lazarus Furtado) is CSI-

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- in - Karnataka Southern of

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. Furtado became the third Bishop on 25 August 1997, the date on which he was consecrated asK. 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.

/ref> Bishop in the diocese that is headquartered in Mangalore with the ''

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'' of the Bishop placed at CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore.

Studies

Graduate

Furtado pursued a spiritual course leading to

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at the

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during the years 1962-1964K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997'', Bangalore, 1997. p.32 during the Principalship of

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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.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.258.

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Research studies

In 1972, Furtado went on study leave to the

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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 MargullJohann Anselm Steiger, Johann Anselm Steiger (Edited), ''500 Jahre Theologie in Hamburg: Hamburg als Zentrum christlicher Theologie und Kultur zwischen Tradition und Zukunft'', Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, p.450.

/ref> and Waack which was later published in 1978 under the title ''The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local''.C. L. Furtado, ''The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local'', CLS, Madras, 1978.

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Ecclesiastical ministry

Teacher

Soon after his ministerial formation at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore, Furtado began teaching at the

Karnataka Theological College Karnataka Theological College ''(founded in 1847)'' is an ecumenical seminary catering to the Kannada-speaking students wishing to pursue the priestly vocation. KTC is located in Mangalore of Karnataka in South India, and is affiliated to the na ...

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, affiliated to the nation's firstUNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
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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,

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, an overseas support partner of the

. 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

, he returned to India to take up the Bishopric in the

Karnataka Southern Diocese Karnataka Southern Diocese is one of the twenty-two dioceses of the Church of South India covering the southern part of Karnataka. The other Church of South India dioceses in Karnataka are Karnataka Northern Diocese and Central Karnataka D ...

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 ''

'' in the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral,

on attaining superannuation, the resulting

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was filled by the Church of South India Synod with the appointment of Furtado who by then returned from

. 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.

Writings

*1964, ''A Brief History of the work of the Basel Mission in Coorg from 1855 to 1914 with special reference to the methods of Evangelism'', *1978, ''The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local'', *1979, ''The

Basel Mission The Basel Mission was a Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to , the successor organization of ''Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione'' (KEM), found ...

industry 1850-1913 - Recruiting and discipling the working class by Rudolf Fischer'', *1979, ''Sources and books on

available at the

'', *1981, ''The relevance of the Theology of

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to the Indian context'', *1985, ''Contribution of Basel Mission to the cause of Theological Education'', *1985, ''Content Analysis of Theological Syllabi - History of Christianity'', *2006, ''

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's search of a true

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'' *2008, ''Channappa Uttangi's contribution to the theology of religions'',C. L. Furtado, ''Channappa Uttangi's contribution to the theology of religions'' in ''Religion and Society'', Volume 53, No. 2, Bangalore, June 2008, pp.59-66. Eva-Maria Klassen, "Pietismus, Hinduismus and Interreligioser Dialog in ausgewahlten Schriften von Channappa Uttangi", p.219 in Martin Tamcke, Gladson Jathanna (Edited), ''Construction of the Other, Identification of the Self: German Mission in India'', LIT Verlag, Wien, 201

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References

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