S. R. Furtado
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| honorific_prefix = Bishop
| name = S. R. Furtado, CSI
| honorific_suffix = B.D. (Serampore)
| title = Bishop in Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India
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| church = Church of South India
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| diocese = Karnataka Southern Diocese
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| term = 1970-1978
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| predecessor = Norman C. Sargant (erstwhile Diocese of Mysore)
| successor = D. P. Shettian
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- Spiritual Formator
- Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary, Mangalore {{small|(1959-65)}}
- Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore {{small|(1965-1971)}}
| ordination = 1952
| ordained_by = United Basel Mission Church of South Kanara and Coorg
| consecration = 2 May 1971
| consecrated_by = P. Solomon, Moderator and
J. E. L. Newbigin, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod
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| birth_name = Sebastian Ratnakar Furtado
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|04|12}}[http://www.geni.com/people/Sebastian-Furtado/6000000008044401624 Geni]Vijaya Kumar, Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834-1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions, ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.195. [https://books.google.com/books?id=a_TrAAAACAAJ&q=ecumenical+cooperation+of+the+missions]
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| birth_place = South Canara, Madras Presidency
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| nationality = {{flag|British Raj}} (1912–1947)
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| religion = Christianity
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| parents = Smt. Mary Jane (Mother);
Sri Lazar Andrea Furtado (Father)
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| profession = Priesthood
| education = B. D. (Serampore)
| alma_mater = United Theological College, Bangalore
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S. R. Furtado (April 25, 1912 – November 4, 1995) was the first BishopThe Church of England Year Book, Volume 93, Church of England. General Synod, Church Information Office, 1976, p.235. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ziksAQAAMAAJ&q=sebastian+furtado+mangalore] - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India headquartered in Mangalore.K. 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=]
Studies
Furtado's family hailed from a Roman Catholic family which joined the Basel Evangelical Mission[https://books.google.com/books?id=n8YkAQAAIAAJ&q=sebastian+ratnakara+furtado The Mysore Gazette, Part 4, Mysore, 1962, p.1194] and studied at Serampore College, Serampore, where his 1950 graduate thesis for his Bachelor of Divinity was Bhuta (Demon) Worship in South Canara and Its Effect on the Life and Religion of the People.K. Cinnappa Gauḍa, The Mask and the Message, Madipu Prakashana, 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xuKAAAAAMAAJ&q=furtado]
Ecclesiastical ministry
From 1959 onwards, Furtado taught at the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary at Mangalore until 1965 and then continued to teach at the new entity, the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, which was formed with the coming together of the BEMTS where Furtado was already teaching, and the Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur. Furtado resigned from the College in 1970 on account his elevation to the newly formed Bishopric, the Karnataka Southern Diocese.
Bishopric
In the 1960s, the Basel Evangelical Mission to which Furtado belonged got unionized into the Church of South India and in the ensuing ecclesiastical talks, Furtado, who was already a Theologian was chosen and principally consecrated as Bishop of Karnataka Southern Diocese on 2 May 1971 by Church of South India Synod Moderator P. Solomon in the presence of the co-consecrator, Deputy Moderator J. E. L. Newbigin. Although Furtado retired in 1978, he continued as Moderator's Commissary until 1983. K. M. George wrote about Furtado as "a man of great discipline, dedication, deep conviction and administrative ability and concern for the unity and mission of the Church".
Writings
1985, The United Basel Mission Church Administration StructureS. R. Furtado, The United Basel Mission Church Administration Structure in Godwin Shiri (Edited), Wholeness in Christ - The Legacy of the Basel Mission in India, KATHRI, Mangalore, 1985, pp.259-271. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476420781]
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{{Succession box
| before=Norman C. Sargant
erstwhile Diocese of Mysore
1951-1971| title=Bishop of Karnataka Southern Diocese
Mangalore
Church of South India
|after=D. P. Shettian
1989-1997
| years=1970-1978
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Category:Christian clergy from Karnataka
Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in India
Category:Anglican bishops of Karnataka Southern
Category:Indian Christian theologians
Category:Senate of Serampore College (University) alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University)