Bird Ryder Devapriyam
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Bishop B. R. Devapriam, CSI D. D. (Honoris Causa) |
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| CSI-Bishop – in – Nandyal | |
| Native name | మహ గనుడు రైడర్ దేవప్రియం అయ్యాగారు |
| Church |
Protestant Church of South India (comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational and Anglican missionary societies - SPG, WMMS, LMS, CMS, and the Church of England) |
| Diocese | Nandyal |
| See | CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal |
| Elected | 1985 |
| In office | 25 August 1985 – 4 September 1992 |
| Predecessor | P. John, CSI |
| Successor | G. T. Abraham, CSI |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1985,CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal by The Most Reverend I. Jesudasan, , CSI, Bishop - in - South Kerala and Moderator (Principal consecrator), The Right Reverend Sundar Clarke, CSI, Bishop - in - Madras and Deputy Moderator (Co-consecrator) |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Billa Ryder Devapriam |
| Born |
3 July 1931 Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | 4 September 1992 (aged 61) Germany |
| Buried | Nandyal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Occupation | Priesthood |
| Profession |
Pastor, Diocese of Nandyal, Church of South India (1956-1982) Teacher, Andhra Christian Theological College, Rajahmundry/Secunderabad |
| Education |
B.A.(Madras), B.Ed. (Madras), M.A. (Nagpur), B.D. (Serampore), S.T.M. (McCormick), (Th.D. GTS) |
| Alma mater |
Madras University,Chennai, Nagpur University, Nagpur, Bishop's College, Kolkata, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, General Theological Seminary, New York City |
Ryder Devapriam (3 July 1931 – 4 September 1992) was Systematic Theologian who taught during the Sixties and the Seventies at the Andhra Christian Theological College, a Protestant Regional Theologiate in Secunderabad, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.
Devapriam hailed from the Nandyal Diocese of the Church of South India and was Bishop - in - Nandyal from 1985 to 1992.
Devapriam pursued graduate(Madras), and postgraduate(Madras), degrees from the Madras University,(Madras),Chennai and the Nagpur University, Nagpur.
Devapriam chose the vocation of Priesthood and enrolled for B. D. at the Bishops College,Kolkata where Emani Sambayya happened to be one of the Spiritual Formators.
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