K. Reuben Mark
| K. Reuben Mark | |
|---|---|
| Bishop – in – Karimnagar | |
| Church | Christian |
| Diocese | Karimnagar |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 2015- |
| Predecessor | P. Surya Prakash |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | by Bishop K. E. Swamidass at CSI-Wesley Cathedral, Karimnagar |
| Consecration |
4 May 2015[1] by The Most Reverend G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator, The Right Reverend Thomas K. Oommen, Deputy Moderator[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Previous post | Pastor, Diocese of Karimnagar, Church of South India (1988–1995), Professor, Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad (1995-2015) |
The Right Reverend K. Reuben Mark is the present (2015[1] onwards) Bishop - in - Karimnagar Diocese of the Church of South India and the sixth in succession. Reuben Mark occupies the Cathedra of the Bishop placed in Karimnagar's Wesley Cathedral.
Ministerial formation
After the completion of graduate studies in Hanumakonda, Reuben Mark was sent for spiritual formation by then Bishop G. B. Devasahayam to the United Theological College, Bangalore, where he studied Bachelor of Divinity degree from 1984 to 1988[2] under the Principalship of E. C. John. In 1988 when Reuben Mark returned to the Diocese, he was ordained in 1988/1989 by then Bishop K. E. Swamidass following which he began ministering in parishes of the Diocese of Karimnagar. In 1992, Reuben Mark was resent to the United Theological College, Bangalore to upgrade his academics and studied from 1992 to 1994 taking a postgraduate degree in Master of Theology[2] specializing in Homiletics under Professor P. Surya Prakash, then Faculty Member[2] at the United Theological College, Bangalore. Reuben Mark was awarded graduate and post-graduate degrees by the University during the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan.
Teaching ministry
After his return to the diocese in 1994, Reuben Mark pastored for a year until Bishop S. John Theodore sent him to teach at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad affiliated to India's first[3] University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}[4]with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.
Reuben Mark was Professor of Homiletics at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad from 1995 to 2015. During that period, the Diocese of Karimnagar saw the change of at the Bishopric in 2007 following which P. Surya Prakash, Reuben Mark's Professor at Bangalore was consecrated as the fifth Bishop-in-Karimnagar who occupied the Cathedra up to 2014 until his resignation on account of superannuation resulting in sede vacante. The Church of South India Synod conducted elections for the Bishopric as a result of which G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator of the Church of South India announced the appointment of K. Reuben Mark, Professor of Homiletics at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad as Bishop-elect for the Diocese of Karimnagar.
Bishopric
On 4 May 2015[1] the Most Reverend G. Dyvasirvadam, Moderator principally consecrated Reuben Mark with other co-consecrator, the Right Reverend Thomas K. Oommen, Deputy Moderator at the CSI-Wesley Cathedral, Karimnagar in the presence of Bishops of the adjoining dioceses, B. D. Prasada Rao, Eggoni Pushpalalitha and the two living patriarchs of the Diocese of Karimnagar, the Old Testament Scholar S. J. Theodore and P. Surya Prakash.[1]
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by P. Surya Prakash 2007-2014 |
Bishop - in - Karimnagar Church of South India 2015-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by P. Joseph, STBC, 1986-1994 |
Professor-in-Homiletics Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad 1995-2015 |
Succeeded by A. John Prabhakar, STBC 1999- |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 CSI Synod News, New Bishop consecrated and installed in CSI Karimnagar Diocese, Monday, 18 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. pp.70 and 134
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 recoginsed 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.
Further reading
- Anantha Sudhaker Bobbili (2000). "The Road from Poodur in Biographical Passages: Essays in Victorian and Modernist Biography : Honouring Mary M. Lago, University of Missouri, North America". ISBN 978-0-8262-1256-6.