Boyineni Deva Prasada Rao
| B. D. Prasada Rao | |
|---|---|
| Bishop – in – Rayalaseema | |
| Church | Christian |
| Diocese | Rayalaseema |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 2013- |
| Predecessor | K. B. Yesu Vara Prasad |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Consecration |
2013 by The Most Reverend G. Devakadasham, Moderator, The Right Reverend G. Dyvasirvadam, Deputy Moderator |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andhra Pradesh |
| Previous post | Pastor, Diocese of Rayalaseema, Church of South India |
The Right Reverend B. D. Prasada Rao is the present (2013 onwards) Bishop[1] - in - Rayalaseema Diocese of the Church of South India and ex officio member[2] of the Church of South India Synod.
Ministerial formation
Prasada Rao had his ministerial formation at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, affiliated to the nation's first[3] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), where he studied Bachelor of Divinity under learned faculty, notably, Victor Premasagar and G. Babu Rao, then Old Testament Scholars at the Protestant Regional Theologiate in Hyderabad after which the Senate of Serampore College (University) awarded him a graduate degree under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan. After serving in parishes in Rayalaseema, Prasad Rao was sent for postgraduate studies to the United Theological College, Bangalore, where he studied Master of Theology degree working out a dissertation entitled The socio-cultural approach to Christian education: Guidelines for a curriculum for youth in Rayalaseema diocese of the Church of South India[4]from 1987-1989[5] during the Principalship of E. C. John, a leading Old Testament Scholar. During the successive convocation of the University, Prasad Rao was awarded a degree during the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan. In 1999, Prasad Rao's article, Pastoral Care to the Pastors appeared in the National Council of Churches Review.[6]
Bishopric
In 2013, the Most Reverend G. Devakadasham, Moderator principally consecrated Prasad Rao with other co-consecrator, the Right Reverend G. Dyvasirvadam, Deputy Moderator at the CSI-Christ Church/Cathedral, Kadapa.
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by K. B. Yesu Vara Prasad 2006-2012 |
Bishop - in - Rayalaseema Church of South India 2013-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
References
- ↑ Anglican Communion Member Churches - South India - Rayalaseema - Bishop of Rayalaseema.
- ↑ Church of South India Synod Executive Committee Members 2014-2016
- ↑ UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
- ↑ B. D. Prasada Rao, The socio-cultural approach to Christian education: Guidelines for a curriculum for youth in Rayalaseema diocese of the Church of South India in Thesis Titles, Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College, Bangalore, 1991
- ↑ K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. pp.127
- ↑ J. N. Manokaran, Christ and missional leaders, Mission Educational Books, Chennai, 2007, pp.210-211.