Ryder Devapriam

Bishop

B. R. Devapriam, CSI

D. D. (Honoris Causa)
CSI Bishop – in – Nandyal
ChurchProtestant Church of South India (comprising Anglican, Congregational, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist: the SPG, WMMS, LMS, ABCFM, CMS and the Church of England)
DioceseNandyal
SeeCSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal
Elected1985[1]
In office25 August 1985 – 4 September 1992[2]
PredecessorP. John, CSI
SuccessorG. T. Abraham, CSI
Orders
Ordinationby Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG)
Consecration1985,[3] CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal
by The Most Reverend I. Jesudasan, CSI, Bishop - in - South Kerala and Moderator (Principal consecrator), The Right Reverend Sundar Clarke, CSI, Bishop - in - Madras and Deputy Moderator[1] (Co-consecrator)
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Billa Ryder Devapriam

(1931-07-03)3 July 1931
Andhra Pradesh
Died4 September 1992(1992-09-04) (aged 61)[1]
Germany
BuriedNandyal
NationalityIndian
DenominationChristianity
OccupationPriesthood
Profession
Education
Alma mater

Ryder Devapriam[4] (3 July 1931 – 4 September 1992)[1] was systematic theologian[5] who taught during the 1960s and the 1970s at the Andhra Christian Theological College,[6] a Protestant Regional Theologiate in Secunderabad, affiliated to the nation's first[7] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956[8]}[9]with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.

Devapriam hailed from the Nandyal Diocese of the Church of South India and served as Bishop in Nandyal Diocese from 1985–1992. [10][3]

  1. ^ a b c d 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. [1]
  2. ^ Diocese of Nandyal Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Constance M. Millington, An Ecumenical Venture: The History of Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990, Issue 214 of ATC publication, Asian Trading Corporation, Bengaluru, 1993. [2]
  4. ^ The Church of England Yearbook, Volumes 108-111, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Great Britain, 1992, p.256.[3]
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Punnaiah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference WCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Sankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. Internet, accessed 30 November 2008. [4]
  8. ^ "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ^ The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recognised by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since The Serampore College Act, 1918 was passed by the Government of West Bengal.[5]
  10. ^ Geoffrey Wainwright, Lesslie Newbigin: a theological life, Oxford University Press, 2000. p. 439. [6]