Devaraj Bangera

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| name = Devaraj Bangera

| title = Bishop in Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India

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| diocese = Karnataka Southern Diocese

| see = Church of South India

| term = 2004-2009

| predecessor = C. L. Furtado

| successor = John S. Sadananda

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| consecration = 9 October 2004

| consecrated_by = B. P. Sugandhar, Moderator and
S. Vasantha Kumar, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod

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| birth_place =Karnataka

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Devaraj Bangera was the fourth Anglican Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India. It was on 9 October 2004[http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/10/stories/2004101011990300.htm New Bishop installed, The Hindu, 10 October 2004]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} that Bangera was consecrated as Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese headquartered in Mangalore at Shanthi Cathedral, Mangalore by then Moderator, B. P. Sugandhar and Deputy Moderator, S. Vasantha Kumar in the presence of Christopher Asir, D. P. Shettian and C. L. Furtado.

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.Devaraj Bangera, Evangelization among the Muslims, L. Th. thesis, 1967, available at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.

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| before=C. L. Furtado
1997K. M. George, Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp.36-41. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=]-2004| title=Bishop - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese
Mangalore
Church of South India

|after=John S. Sadananda
2009-2013

| years=2004-2009

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