Type: | Bishop |
Devaraj Bangera | |
Bishop in Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India | |
Church: | Christian |
Diocese: | Karnataka Southern Diocese |
See: | Church of South India |
Term: | 2004-2009 |
Predecessor: | C. L. Furtado |
Successor: | John S. Sadananda |
Consecration: | 9 October 2004 |
Consecrated By: | B. P. Sugandhar, Moderator and S. Vasantha Kumar, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod |
Birth Place: | Karnataka |
Devaraj Bangera was the fourth Anglican Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India. It was on 9 October 2004[1] that Bangera was consecrated as Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese headquartered in Mangalore at Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore by then Moderator, B. P. Sugandhar[1] and Deputy Moderator, S. Vasantha Kumar[1] in the presence of Christopher Asir,[1] D. P. Shettian and C. L. Furtado.[1]
Devaraj studied at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore during the Principalship of Robert Scheuermeier and submitted a thesis entitled Evangelization among the Muslims in 1967 leading to a Licentiate in Theology.[2]