Samuel Amirtham

Bishop

Samuel Amirtham, CSI

D. D. Honoris causa (Serampore)[1]
The Right Reverend
ChurchChurch of South India
(A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, CMS, and the Church of England)
DioceseSouth Kerala
Appointed20 May 1990[2]
In office1990-1997[2]
Retired19 August 1997[2]
PredecessorIsaiah Jesudason, CSI
SuccessorJ. W. Gladstone, CSI
Previous post(s)Teacher - in - Old Testament, United Theological College, Bangalore, (1963-1969),
Principal, Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary, Madurai (1969-1978),
Director, Programme on Theological Education, World Council of Churches, Geneva (1980-1990)[3]
Orders
Ordination1957[4]
by A. H. Legg, CSI
Consecration20 May 1990[4]
by P. Victor Premasagar, CSI and Vasanth P. Dandin, CSI
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Samuel Amirtham

(1932-08-19)19 August 1932[4]
Parassala, Kerala
Died26 September 2017(2017-09-26) (aged 85)
Parassala, Kerala
BuriedParassala
NationalityIndian
DenominationChristianity
ParentsMother: Smt. Annal,
Father:Sri J. Amirtham[5]
OccupationPastor
EducationB. Sc. (Madras),[5]
B. D. (Serampore),[6]
M. A. (Jerusalem),[5]
Dr. Theol. (Hamburg)[5]
Alma materMadras Christian College, Tambaram (Tamil Nadu),
United Theological College, Bangalore (Karnataka),
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel),
Missions Academy at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)

Samuel Amirtham (19 August 1932 – 26 September 2017)[4] was an Indian Bishop and Old Testament Scholar who taught in Spiritual formation centres affiliated to Senate of Serampore College (University), India's first[7] University {a University under Section 2 (f)[8] of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}[9] founded by the Baptist Missions led by Joshua Marshman, William Carey, and William Ward.

In the 1980s, Amirtham was Director on the Programme for Theological Education of the World Council of Churches, Geneva where he substantially contributed to Ecumenism and returned to India in the 1990s when he became Bishop - in - South Kerala until he stepped down from the bishopric in 1997 on attaining superannuation.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c South Kerala Diocese, About."www.csiskd.com". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ^ C. S. Song, Theology from the Womb of Asia, Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, 1986, p.xii.[1]
  4. ^ a b c d Mangalore Today, Kerala CSI Bishop Amirtham passes away, 28 September 2017.[2]
  5. ^ a b c d Matters India, Bishop Samuel Amirtham passes away, 27 September 2017.[3]
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hiwale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Sankar Ray in 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. ^ Under section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 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 recognized 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]
  9. ^ "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.