C. L. Furtado

C. L. Furtado (Christopher Lazarus Furtado) is CSI-Bishop Emeritus - in - Karnataka Southern of Church of South India. Furtado became the third Bishop on 25 August 1997, the date on which he was consecrated as[1] Bishop in the diocese that is headquartered in Mangalore with the Cathedra of the Bishop placed at CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore.

C. L. Furtado
CSI-Bishop Emeritus - in - Karnataka Southern
Church	Church of South India
Diocese	Karnataka Southern Diocese
See	CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore
In office	1997[1]-2004
Predecessor	D. P. Shettian
Successor	Devaraj Bangera
Orders
Consecration	25 August 1997 by Vasanth P. Dandin, Moderator and William Moses, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Karnataka
Previous post	India Secretary, Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart (1992-1997), Principal, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore (1983-1992).

Studies

Graduate

Furtado pursued a spiritual course leading to Bachelor of Divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore during the years 1962-1964[2] during the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran 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.[3]

Research studies

In 1972, Furtado went on study leave to the University of Hamburg, Hamburg where he studied Church History at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology and was able to complete his doctoral dissertation in 1977[4] under the supervision of Professors Hans Jochen Margull[5] and Waack[5] which was later published in 1978 under the title The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local.[6]

Ecclesiastical ministry

Teacher

Soon after his ministerial formation at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore, Furtado began teaching at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, affiliated to the nation's first[7] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) along with Robert Scheuermeier, C. D. Jathanna and other Teachers till 1992 when he accepted an overseas assignment as India Liaison Secretary.[8]

Administrator

From 1992[9] through 1997, Furtado was India Liaison Secretary[10] at the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart, an overseas support partner of the Church of South India. 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 Stuttgart, he returned to India to take up the Bishopric in the Karnataka Southern Diocese after which P. Surya Prakash, then Professor of Homiletics at the Protestant Regional Seminary in Bangalore was appointed.

Bishopric

In 1997,[1] when D. P. Shettian vacated the Cathedra in the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore on attaining superannuation, the resulting sede vacante was filled by the Church of South India Synod with the appointment of Furtado who by then returned from Stuttgart. 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.[1]

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,[3]
• 1978, The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local,[6]
• 1979, The Basel Mission industry 1850-1913 - Recruiting and discipling the working class by Rudolf Fischer,[11]
• 1979, Sources and books on Basel Mission available at the Karnataka Theological College,[12]
• 1981, The relevance of the Theology of Augsburg Confession to the Indian context,[13]
• 1985, Contribution of Basel Mission to the cause of Theological Education,[14]
• 1985, Content Analysis of Theological Syllabi - History of Christianity,[15]
• 2006, Ecumenical Christian Centre's search of a true Ecumenist[16]
• 2008, Channappa Uttangi's contribution to the theology of religions,[17]

Religious titles
Preceded by D. P. Shettian 1989-1997	CSI-Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern, Mangalore 1997-2004	Succeeded by Devaraj Bangera 1997-2009
Other offices
Preceded by Robert Scheuermeier 1981-1992	India Liaison Secretary, Evangelical Mission in Solidarity, Stuttgart (Germany) 1992-1997[18]	Succeeded by Luise Plock 1997-2000
Academic offices
Preceded by C. D. Jathanna 1967-1983	Principal, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore 1983-1992	Succeeded by John S. Sadananda 1992-2009
Honorary titles
Preceded by	Chairperson,[19] Henry Martin Insititute, Hyderabad -2010	Succeeded by P. Surya Prakash 2010-2015

References

1. 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, pp.36-41.
2. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.32
3. 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.
4. Aprem (Mar), Indian Christian Who is Who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p.110.
5. Johann 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.
6. C. L. Furtado, The Contribution of D. T. Niles to the Church Universal and Local, CLS, Madras, 1978.
7. UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
8. 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.132.
9. Our Voices - 20 years of our voices - 2012/2013
10. Albrecht Frenz, Hermann Gundert: Brücke zwischen Indien und Europa : Begleitbuch zur Hermann-Gundert-Ausstellung im GENO-Haus Stuttgart vom 19. April bis 11. Juni 1993 in Verbindung mit der Dr. Hermann-Gundert-Konferenz, Stuttgart, 19. bis 23. Mai 1993, Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1993, p.10.
11. C. L. Furtado, The Basel Mission industry 1850-1913 - Recruiting and discipling the working class by Rudolf Fischer in Indian Church History Review, Volume 13, 1979, p.2.
12. C. L. Furtado, Sources and books on Basel Mission available at the Karnataka Theological College, in Indian Church History Review, Volume 13, 1979, p.2.
13. C. L. Furtado, 'The relevance of the Theology of Augsburg Confession to the Indian context, The National Christian Council Review, Volume 101, p.177.
14. C. L. Furtado, Contribution of Basel Mission to the cause of Theological Education in Godwin Shiri (Edited), Wholeness in Christ - The Legacy of the Basel Mission in India, KATHRI, Mangalore, 1985, pp.96-106.
15. C. L. Furtado, Content Analysis of Theological Syllabi - History of Christianity, Religion and Society, Volume 32, 1985, pp.41-60.
16. C. L. Furtado, Ecumenical Christian Centre's search of a true Ecumenist in M. J. Joseph, P. Jegadish Gandhi, K. C. John (Edited), Upon the winds of wider ecumenism: essays and tributes in honour of Rev. Dr. M.J. Joseph, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2006, p.32.
17. 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, 2012.
18. Zeitschrift für Kultur, Politik, Kirche, Volume 46, Verein Reformatio, 1997, p.309.
19. Interact - HMI Newsletter, Volume 31, Nos. 1 and 2, January–December 2008, p.2.