P. J. Lawrence

Bishop Emeritus P. J. Lawrence was Bishop[2] - in - Nandyal from 2006 to 2012.

Papathoti Joseph Lawrence
Bishop – in – Nandyal
ChurchChristian
DioceseNandyal
SeeChurch of South India
In office2006-2012
PredecessorG. T. Abraham
SuccessorPushpa Lalitha
Orders
ConsecrationMay 29, 2006 at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal
by The Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, Moderator
Personal details
BornAndhra Pradesh
Previous postDirector, Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands[1]

Ministerial formation

Lawrence underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore, affiliated to the nation's first[3] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), where he studied Bachelor of Divinity from 1968-1971[4] under the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran.

Lawrence also studied a doctoral degree leading to Doctor of Ministry at the Columbia Theological Seminary in 2000.[5] Lawrence's thesis was entitled St. James, Jamaica, "Toward a Caribbean Theology of Liberation: A Christian Response to Rastafarian Movement".[6]

Overseas assignment

Lawrence founded[7] the Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands. In 2003, he performed the marriage rites of 13 couples who went underwater for the marriage ceremony.[8]

Bishopric

On 29 May 2006,[9] the Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, then Moderator principally consecrated Lawrence at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal.

Religious titles
Preceded by
G. T. Abraham
1994-2005		 Bishop - in - Nandyal
Church of South India
2006-2012		 Succeeded by
Pushpa Lalitha
2013-
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References
  1. Compass Cayman. Today's Editorial, July 4: Dr. Lawrence will be missed, 03 July, 2006.
  2. "CSI Profile - Communion of Churches in India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
  4. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.40
  5. Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage 2000
  6. Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, Number 2, Fall 2000
  7. Dorothy Elaine Davis (Mc Leod), Husband Love Your Wives’, Author House, Bloomington, Indiana, 2011, Acknowledgements, pp.vii-ix.
  8. 13 couples exchange wedding vows underwater
  9. The Hindu, May 28, 2006, New Bishop for Nandyal Diocese
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