C. D. Jathanna

Constantine Devaprasad Jathanna
Constantine Devaprasad Jathanna
	Bishop in Karnataka Central Diocese of Church of South India
Church	Church of South India
Diocese	Karnataka Central Diocese
In office	1983-1993[1]
Predecessor	Kenneth E. Gill
Successor	S. Vasantha Kumar
Orders
Ordination	1960[2]
Consecration	by I. Jesudasan, Moderator and ; Sundar Clarke, Deputy Moderator, Church of South India Synod
Personal details
Born	6 July 1928[2]; Shirva,[2] Karnataka
Died	23 July 1996; Shirva, Udupi district, Mangalore
Parents	R. D. Jathanna
Previous post	Principal, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore

C. D. Jathanna (Constantine Devaprasad Jathanna) (Born 6 July 1928,[2] Died 1996[3]) was the fourth [1] Bishop - in - Karnataka Central Diocese headquartered in Bangalore with the Cathedra of the Bishop placed at St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore.

Studies

Graduate

Jathanna studied Bachelor of Arts completing it by 1951.[2] For a year he worked as a Rationing Officer[2] with the Government of Tamil Nadu (erstwhile Government of Madras) before proceeding for spiritual studies at the United Theological College, Bangalore during the years 1952-1955[3] where he studied along with E. C. John, Victor Premasagar, N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel and others.

Post-graduate

In 1958[2] he pursued a postgraduate degree, Master of Theology at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia entitling his dissertation as Torah and Berith in the Pentateuch.[4]

Research studies

In 1964,[2] Jathanna went on study leave to the University of Hamburg, Hamburg where he studied Old Testament at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology under Klaus Koch, a direct student of Gerhard von Rad and was able to complete his doctoral dissertation in 1967 under the supervision of Professors Hans Joachim Kraus[5] and Marie-Louise Henry[5] which was later published in 1969 under the title The Covenant and covenant making in Pentateuch.[5]

Ecclesiastical career

After completing studies in spirituality at the United Theological College, Bangalore in 1955, Jathanna was the Secretary of the Student Christian Movement (Karnataka Unit) from 1955 through 1957.[2]

From 1959 onwards Jathanna was assigned a Pastoral role and served as an Evangelist before his ordination in 1960. From 1961 onwards, Jathanna taught at the B. E. M. Theological Seminary in Mangalore (now Karnataka Theological College serving also as Vice-Principal of the Seminary.[2]

After completing doctoral studies in 1967,[2] he was appointed Principal of the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore. Jathanna was a member of the Senate of Serampore College (University) and was a member of its Research Committee. In 1980, Jathanna visited the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad along with Klaus Koch (who was visiting Professor at the United Theological College, Bangalore as part of the Research Committee of the Senate.

Recognition and honour

John Sadananda, a colleague of Jathanna at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore edited a fetschrift in honour of Jathanna which was entitled Vision and Reality: Essays in Honour of Constantine D. Jathanna published by the College in 1989.[2]

In 1993, the country's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of D. S. Satyaranjan conferred the honorary doctorate degree by honoris causa upon Jathanna.[2]

Religious titles
Preceded by Kenneth E. Gill 1972 - 1980	CSI Bishop - in - Karnataka Central Diocese Bangalore 1983 - 1993	Succeeded by S. Vasantha Kumar 1997 - 2012
Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Scheuermeier[6] 1965 - 1967	Principal, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore 1967 - 1983	Succeeded by C. L. Furtado 1983 - 1997[1]
Preceded by Post created	Teacher - in - Old Testament, Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore 1965 - 1983	Succeeded by John Sadananda 1974 - 2009 D. Dhanaraj 1978 - 2015
Educational offices
Preceded by Victor Premasagar 1977-1983	President Senate of Serampore College (University) 1983-1986[7]	Succeeded by Gnana Robinson 1986-1989
Awards
Preceded by Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Dinesh Chandra Gorai, John E. Ghose 1992	Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) Senate of Serampore College (University) 1993[8]	Succeeded by T. V. Philip, B. V. Subbamma, T. Lunkim 1994

References

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.
John S. Sadananda (Edited), Vision and Reality: Essays in honour of C. D. Jathanna, KTCRI, Mangalore, 1989.
K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.25
C. D. Jathanna, Torah and Berith in the Pentateuch, M. Th. Thesis at the University of Virginia, May 1958 available at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.
Constantine Devaprasad Jathanna, The Covenant and covenant making in Pentateuch, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 1969.
Corinna Waltz, Honorary doctorate for Robert Scheuermeier, 7.3.2013.
Presidents of the Senate
List of the Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa).

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[George-1] 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.

[Sadananda-2] John S. Sadananda (Edited), Vision and Reality: Essays in honour of C. D. Jathanna, KTCRI, Mangalore, 1989.

[Hiwale-3] K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910-1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.25

[4] C. D. Jathanna, Torah and Berith in the Pentateuch, M. Th. Thesis at the University of Virginia, May 1958 available at the Archives in the library of Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore.

[Covenant-5] Constantine Devaprasad Jathanna, The Covenant and covenant making in Pentateuch, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 1969.

[6] Corinna Waltz, Honorary doctorate for Robert Scheuermeier, 7.3.2013.

[7] Presidents of the Senate

[8] List of the Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa).