P. J. Lawrence
Papathoti Joseph Lawrence | |
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Bishop – in – Nandyal | |
Church | Christian |
Diocese | Nandyal |
See | Church of South India |
In office | 2006-2012 |
Predecessor | G. T. Abraham |
Successor | Pushpa Lalitha |
Orders | |
Consecration | May 29, 2006 at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal by The Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, Moderator |
Personal details | |
Born | Andhra Pradesh |
Previous post(s) | Director, Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands[1] |
Bishop Emeritus P. J. Lawrence (born 1947)[2] was Bishop[3] - in - Nandyal from 2006 to 2012.
Ministerial formation[]
Lawrence underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore, affiliated to the nation's first[4] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), where he studied Bachelor of Divinity from 1968-1971[5] under the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran.
Lawrence also studied a doctoral degree leading to Doctor of Ministry at the Columbia Theological Seminary in 2000.[6] Lawrence's thesis was entitled St. James, Jamaica, "Toward a Caribbean Theology of Liberation: A Christian Response to Rastafarian Movement".[7]
Overseas assignment[]
Lawrence founded[8] the Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands. In 2003, he performed the marriage rites of 13 couples who went underwater for the marriage ceremony.[9]
Bishopric[]
On 29 May 2006,[10] the Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, then Moderator principally consecrated Lawrence at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal.
References[]
- ^ Compass Cayman. Today's Editorial, July 4: Dr. Lawrence will be missed, 03 July, 2006. [1]
- ^ "Centre for Theological Leadership Training, Cayman Islands: Director". Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "CSI Profile - Communion of Churches in India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ UNESCO Structures of University Education in India, 1952
- ^ K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.40
- ^ Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage 2000
- ^ Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, Number 2, Fall 2000
- ^ Dorothy Elaine Davis (Mc Leod), Husband Love Your Wives’, Author House, Bloomington, Indiana, 2011, Acknowledgements, pp.vii-ix. [2]
- ^ 13 couples exchange wedding vows underwater
- ^ The Hindu, May 28, 2006, New Bishop for Nandyal Diocese
- Christian clergy from Andhra Pradesh
- Telugu people
- 21st-century Anglican bishops in India
- Anglican bishops of Nandyal
- Indian Christian theologians
- Senate of Serampore College (University) alumni
- Living people
- 1947 births