Govada Dyvasirvadam

Govada Dyvasirvadam
Bishop Emeritus, Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India
ChurchChurch of South India
DioceseDiocese of Krishna-Godavari
SeeChurch of South India
In office2002–2018
PredecessorT. B. D. Prakasa Rao
SuccessorT. George Cornelious
Previous post(s)General Secretary of the Church of South India
Orders
Ordination16 June 1979 (as Deacon);
16 December 1979 (as Priest)
by As Deacon by Bishop Henry Lazarus; As Priest by Bishop H. D. L. Abraham
Consecration24 November 2002
by K. J. Samuel
RankBishop
Personal details
Born28 March 1951
Challapalli, Andhra Pradesh

Govada Dyvasirvadam (born 28 March 1951) is Bishop Emeritus of Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India (which incorporates Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians).[1]

St. Andrew's Cathedral in Machilipatnam was the seat of the Bishop-in-Krishna Godavari.

Earlier, in 1998, Dyvasirvadam was elected as the General Secretary of the CSI, the youngest ever in the church's history.[2]

Dyvasirvadam was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches headquartered in Geneva[3] as well as a member of the General Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia headquartered in Thailand.[4]

  1. ^ Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: Krishna-Godavari
  2. ^ Vinod Victor in Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), Ecumenism: Prospects and Challenges – A Festschrift to the Rev. G. Dyvasirvadam, Indian Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), New Delhi, 2001, pp.xxix – xxxiv
  3. ^ The eighty assembly of the world council of churches held from 3–14 December 1998 in Harare, Zimbabwe elected a total of 37 members to its central committee [1]
  4. ^ The eleventh assembly of the CCA held in Indonesia from 2–6 June 2000 elected Dyvasirvadam as a member of its general committee.[2] Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine