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catering to the

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-speaking students wishing to pursue the priestly vocation. KTC is located in

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, and is affiliated to the nation's first University,

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History

The Karnataka Theological College was founded in 1847 with the coming together of two distinct theological seminaries, * the Union Kanarese Seminary (UKS) founded in 1912Godwin Shiri, ''Wholeness in Christ: the legacy of the Basel Mission in India'', KTC, Mangalore, 1985, pp.102–105.

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, and * the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary (BEMTS) founded in 1847 in

.The Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary was established in 1847 by the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. In 1847 it was established with a name B.E.M. Theological Seminary by Dr.

Hermann Mögling Hermann Friedrich Mögling (1811–1881), also spelt Herrmann Friedrich Moegling, was a German missionary from the Basel Mission who spent most of his career in the western regions of the state of Karnataka, India. He is credited as the publishe ...

. Moegling was the one who started the first Kannada news paper Mangaluru Samachara and his contribution to Kannada literature is well known. This college was training Protestant Pastors for the churches in Karnataka and Malabar area. In 1967, C. D. Jathanna, the then principal of the college formed the Karnataka Christian Educational Society with the College as the nucleus along with another institute, the Hebich Technical Training Institute. He added several new educational institutions such as Balmatta Institute of Printing Technology, Balmatta Institute of Commerce, KACES ITI in Stichcraft, KACES Hostel, and Moegling Institute of German Language. At Present Karnataka Theological College offers residential Bachelor of Divinity degree course and the external courses of B.C.S., Dip. C.S. and C. Th. The students are basically from three dioceses of the Church of South India, Lutherans and Methodists and this is the only regional Theological College which offers training in Kannada language in Karnataka.

Present staff

Gallery

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Succession of Administrators

Notable persons associated with the seminary

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^✝ D. P. Shettian, Past pupil and

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^✝ S. R. Furtado, Faculty member and

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S. J. Samartha Stanley Jedidiah Samartha ( kn, ಸ್ಟಾನ್ಲಿ ಜೆದಿದಿಃ ಸಮರ್ಥ; 7 October 1920 – 22 July 2001) was an Indian theologianEeuwout van der Linden, ''Samartha, S. J.'' in Gerald H. Anderson, ''Biographical Dictionary ...

, Faculty member of the erstwhile Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary, *

Devaraj Bangera Devaraj Bangera was the fourth Anglican Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India. It was on 9 October 2004 that Bangera was consecrated as Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese headquartered in Mangalore at Shant ...

, Past pupil and

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D. I. Hans, Teacher of Religions.

References

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