Timothy Ravinder

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep is the Bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of Church of South India.[1]

Photograph of Bishop Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep
Bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of the Church of South India
ChurchChristian
SeeChurch of South India
In office2013–present
PredecessorManickam Dorai
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination1997
by William Moses
Consecration28 September 2013
Personal details
Born20.12.1958
Ketti, Tamil Nadu
Previous postLiaison Officer, CSI-EMS India Desk, Chennai
Websitewww.bptravinder.com

Early years

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep was born in 1958 to S.Timothy and Emily Jane and was brought up in Ketti - a small village in the beautifully situated valley, South of Ooty, The Nilgiris, South India. He had completed his primary education from The Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George's Homes, Ketti. He had taken the Pre University Course from Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore. He did his graduate course in B.Sc. Physics from University of Madras from Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya. He successfully completed the theological degree B.D, from the United Theological College, Bangalore, India (1991 to 1996). Subsequent to this he was selected to take an autumn course in New Testament studies at the Copenhagen University in Denmark. In the year 2003 Timothy Ravinder was deputed by the Church of South India from the Coimbatore diocese to work with the Protestant Church in Baden, Germany from 2003 to 2008 where he further studied german Language , Arts and Culture at the Frankfurt University under the European Language Course Certificate in Rheinfelden, Baden.

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep is married to Anny Hemalatha. He has two children named Jithender Jaswanth Timothy, married to Astrid Ashford Jithender, is a Research Associate[2] at the Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, and Ajith Steve, is a UI/UX designer.[3]

Bishopric

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep was selected as the Bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of the Church of South India on 25 September 2013. He was consecrated as the 6th bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of the Church of South India on 28 September 2013 by Rev Devakadasham, Moderator,Church of South India[4] .[5]

References
  1. "New Bishop for CSI Church". The Hindu. 26 September 2013.
  2. "JITHENDER J. TIMOTHY | Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum | RUB | Institute of Computational Engineering". Researchgate.net. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "UI & UX Designer | Dubai". AjithSteve. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "Ministerial Roll", csisynod.com
  5. "New bishop consecrated for Coimbatore Diocese". zee news.com.
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