Bishop I. Jesudasan (1925-2013) was the third Bishop-in- South Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India.

Studies

Jesudasan studied at seminaries affiliated to India's first University, the

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'' '' with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the

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. He first studied at the Kerala United Theological Seminary,

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where he took a

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and then at the

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between 1951-1953

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, M. P. John (Compiled), ''Directory of students 1910-1967'', Serampore College (Theology Department), Serampore, 1967, p.16. where he took a

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and then the Leonard Theological College,

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where he studied for a

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.''Former Moderator Most Rev. I Yesudasn passes away'', Official Website of CSI Parish Kattakada, Thiruvananthapuram, Keral

In addition he also studied at the

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for a

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degree.

Career

While Jesudasan was teaching at the Kerala United Theological Seminary,

, he was elected as the third Bishop - in -

South Kerala Diocese South Kerala Diocese is a diocese of the Church of South India which consists of CSI churches in Trivandrum and Kollam districts of Kerala. It is one of the biggest dioceses in the Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination. In Ap ...

and consecrated on 5 August 1973 by Moderator, N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel and

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, the Deputy Moderator. During the seventeenth

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held from 10–14 January 1980 at the

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, Jesudasan was elected as the Deputy Moderator and held the office from 1980 to 1982. Again during the eighteenth

held from 11–15 January 1982 at

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, Jesudasan became the Moderator and held the office three consecutive terms up to 1988. Jesudasan retired from the bishopric on 14 February 1990 on attaining superannuation. The

awarded an honorary doctorate degree upon Jesudasan in 1989. On 16 June 2013,''Bishop I. Jesudasan passes away'', The Hindu, June 17, 2013, Thiruvananthapuram.

/ref> Jesudasan died due to ill health.

References

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