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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|CSI bishop}}<br /> {{Multiple issues|<br /> {{Cleanup rewrite|date=May 2021}}<br /> {{One source|date=May 2021}}<br /> {{Third-party|date=May 2021}}<br /> }}<br /> {{Infobox Christian leader<br /> | type = Bishop<br /> | honorific-prefix = [[Right Reverend|The Right Reverend]]<br /> | name = David Gnaniah Pothirajulu<br /> | title = [[Madurai-Ramnad Diocese of the Church of South India|Bishop ofMadurai-Ramnad]]<br /> | image = <br /> | image_size = <br /> | alt = <br /> | caption = <br /> | church = [[Church of South India]]<br /> | archdiocese = <br /> | province = <br /> | metropolis = <br /> | diocese = [[Madurai-Ramnad Diocese of the Church of South India|Madurai - Ramnad]]<br /> | see = <br /> | term_start = 1978<br /> | term_end = 1994<br /> | predecessor = [[George Devadass]]<br /> | successor = [[Thavaraj David Eames]]<br /> | ordination = <br /> | consecration = 19.08.1978<br /> | cardinal = <br /> | rank = <br /> | other_post = Deputy Moderator, C.S.I<br /> &lt;!---------- Personal details ----------&gt;| birth_name = <br /> | birth_date = 19.09.1936<br /> | birth_place = Pooomaalaipatti, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India<br /> | death_date = 05.09.2020<br /> | death_place = Madurai<br /> | buried = Madurai<br /> | nationality = Indian<br /> | religion = Christian<br /> | residence = <br /> | parents = Doraisamy - Ponnuthai<br /> | spouse = Emma Kohilam (Late), Kasthuri Pothirajulu<br /> | children = James Pothirajulu, Joseph Pothirajulu, Iwy Jebaselvi<br /> | occupation = Bishop<br /> | profession = Bishop<br /> | previous_post = <br /> | alma_mater = <br /> | motto = <br /> | signature = <br /> | signature_alt = <br /> | coat_of_arms = <br /> | coat_of_arms_alt = &lt;!---------- Other ----------&gt;<br /> | other = <br /> }}<br /> David Gnaniah Pothirajulu (19/09/1936 - 05/09/2020) was the third [[Madurai-Ramnad Diocese of the Church of South India|Bishop of Madurai-Ramnad]],&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.cca.org.hk/news-and-events/bishop-david-g-pothirajulu-a-committed-ecumenist-and-missiologist-passes-away/ CCA]&lt;/ref&gt; serving from 1978 to 1994.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.facebook.com/Godwithuschurch/posts/rtrev-dr-david-gnaniah-pothirajulu-the-former-deputy-moderator-of-csi-passed-awa/614529752757727/ facebook]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Pothirajulu completed his studies with a doctorate at [[Boston University]]. He was a [[Lecturer]] at the [[Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary]] until his elevation to the episcopate.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Christianity|portal3= India}}<br /> <br /> {{Dioceses in the Church of South India}} <br /> {{Education in Tamil Nadu}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Pothirajulu, David Gnaniah}}<br /> [[Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in India]]<br /> [[Category:Indian bishops]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Christian religious leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Anglican bishops of Madurai-Ramnad]]<br /> [[Category:1936 births]]<br /> [[Category:2020 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Boston University alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary faculty]]<br /> {{India-reli-bio-stub}}<br /> {{Anglican-bishop-stub}}</div>

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