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{{short description|20th and 21st-century Indian bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = [[Bishop]]
| name = Govada Dyvasirvadam
| title = Bishop Emeritus, [[Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India]]
| image =
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| church = [[Church of South India]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[Diocese of Krishna-Godavari]]
| see = [[Church of South India]]
| term = 2002–2018
| predecessor = [[T. B. D. Prakasa Rao]]
| successor = [[George Cornelious|T. George Cornelious]]

| ordination = 16 June 1979 (as Deacon); 16 December 1979 (as Priest)
| ordained_by = As Deacon by Bishop Henry Lazarus; As Priest by Bishop [[H. D. L. Abraham]]
| consecration = 24 November 2002
| consecrated_by = K. J. Samuel
| rank = Bishop

| birth_date = 28 March 1951
| birth_place = [[Challapalli]], Andhra Pradesh
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| previous_post = General Secretary of the Church of South India
}}

'''Govada Dyvasirvadam''' (born 28 March 1951) is Bishop Emeritus of [[Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India]] (which incorporates [[Anglicans]], [[Methodists]], and [[Presbyterians]]).<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=496 Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: Krishna-Godavari]</ref>

St. Andrew's Cathedral in [[Machilipatnam]] was the seat of the Bishop-in-Krishna Godavari.

Earlier, in 1998, Dyvasirvadam was elected as the General Secretary of the CSI, the youngest ever in the church's history.<ref>Vinod Victor in Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), ''Ecumenism: Prospects and Challenges – A Festschrift to the Rev. G. Dyvasirvadam'', Indian Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), New Delhi, 2001, pp.xxix – xxxiv</ref>

Dyvasirvadam was also a member of the Central Committee of the [[World Council of Churches]] headquartered in [[Geneva]]<ref>The eighty assembly of the world council of churches held from 3–14 December 1998 in Harare, Zimbabwe elected a total of 37 members to its central committee [http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/assembly/ccmem.html]</ref> as well as a member of the General Committee of the [[Christian Conference of Asia]] headquartered in [[Thailand]].<ref>The eleventh assembly of the CCA held in Indonesia from 2–6 June 2000 elected Dyvasirvadam as a member of its general committee.[http://www.cca.org.hk/resources/archive/assembly/11ga/gamin.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716141252/http://www.cca.org.hk/resources/archive/assembly/11ga/gamin.html |date=16 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Early years==
Dyvasirvadam was born on 28 March 1951 in [[Challapalli]] in [[Krishna District]]. He was the tenth child of his parents, Rev. Govada Devamani and Smt. Suguna Sundaram.<ref name="autogenerated1">Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), ''[[op. cit.]]''</ref> Schooling was in Krishna and [[West Godavari]] districts. He had been an ''[[alumnus]]'' of Sreemanthu Raja Higher Secondary School, [[Challapalli]] in Krishna District and the Municipal School in [[Eluru]] in West Godavari District.

Dyvasirvadam later did his college studies in A.V.N. College (''established in 1860''), one of the oldest institutes in Visakhapatnam.

Dyvasirvadam also pursued post-graduate studies in [[Noble College, Machilipatnam]] and was inspired by the then Bishop in Krishna-Godavari, [[N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel]].

==Ordination and pastorship==
After studying at the Bishop's College in Calcutta, the Diocese of Krishna Godavari first posted Dyvasirvadam to [[Kanumolu]] near [[Hanuman Junction]] in [[Krishna District]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

In March 1978, Dyvasirvadam was ordained by Bishop Henry Lazarus as a deacon in the St. Andrew's Church in [[Machilipatnam]].<ref>''[[Ibid.]]''</ref> Later, he was posted to Christ Church in [[Eluru]] in [[West Godavari District]]. The then Moderator's Commissary, [[H. D. L. Abraham]] ''([[Bishop in Medak]])'' ordained him as a priest.

==Higher studies and professorship==
With interest to pursue higher studies in theology, the Diocese granted Dyvasirvadam study leave. Dyvasirvadam proceeded to the [[United Theological College (Bangalore)|United Theological College]], Bangalore, ''[the only autonomous college under the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Senate of Serampore College]]]'' and enrolled himself for the post-graduate degree of [[Master of Theology]] ([[M. Th.]]) in the discipline of [[Systematic Theology]] studying between the years 1982–1984<ref name="Hiwale">K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997'', Bangalore, 1997. Past students, postgraduate course, p.119.</ref> and worked out a dissertation entitled ''Eschatological motifs in process theologies''<ref>G. Dyvasirvadam, ''Eschatological motifs in process theologies'' in ''Thesis Titles'', [[Board of Theological Education of the Senate of Serampore College]], Bangalore, 1991</ref> under the Principalship of [[Joshua Russell Chandran]]<ref>''[[Ibid.]]''</ref>

After successful completion of post-graduate studies in theology, his diocese assigned Dyvasirvadam a teaching task at the ecumenical [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] in which his diocese is a participating member.<ref>''[[Ibid.]]''</ref> Dyvasirvadam taught [[Systematic theology]] to students pursuing [[Bachelor of Theology]] ([[B.Th.]]) and [[Bachelor of Divinity]] (BD) degrees.

==Research==
Later, on invitation from the [[UTC]], Bangalore, Dyvasirvadam went on study leave to serve as the Acting Registrar there. Subsequently, he enrolled for pursuing the doctoral degree ([[Doctor of Theology]] – [[D. Th.]]) in the [[South Asia Theological Research Institute]] (SATHRI) in Bangalore. He chose the discipline of Liberation Theology.<ref>Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel ''(et al.)'', ''[[op. cit.]]''</ref>

==Synod of the CSI==
In 1992, Dyvasirvadam was recalled to the [[Church of South India]] Society by then Moderator, [[Bird Ryder Devapriam]] and was assigned the responsibility of overseeing pastoral concerns and became Director of the Pastoral Aid Department of the [[Church of South India Synod]], [[Chennai]].

The biennial Synod of the CSI elected Dyvasirvadam as its general secretary in 1998 in Arogyavaram in [[Chittoor District]], succeeding George Koshy.<ref name="George" /> He was re-elected unanimously in the Synod of 2000 in [[Secunderabad]] and in the Synod of 2002 in Melukavumattam.

Dyvasirvadam has been elected as the Deputy Moderator of CSI in the Synod of 2012 at [[Kanyakumari]].

Dyvasirvadam has been elected as the Moderator of CSI in the Synod of 2014 at [[Vijayawada]].

==Bishopric==
The CSI Diocese of Krishna-Godavari is one of the largest extending from [[Ongole]] District in the south through [[Srikakulam District]] in the norther circars of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Its cathedral was first erected in Eluru and was subsequently shifted to Vijayawada. Earlier bishop's who served in this diocese were notable and exemplary. Following the retirement of [[T. B. D. Prakasa Rao]],<ref name="George">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. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=]</ref> Dyvasirvadam was elected unopposed. Subsequently, the cathedral was shifted to [[Machilipatnam]].

The Moderator of the CSI during that time was K. J. Samuel who principally consecrated him in the St. Andrew's Cathedral in [[Machilipatnam]].

==Honours==
In the year 2001, friends of Dyvasirvadam proceeded to write a 365-page [[festschrift]] in his honour on the occasion of the completion of fifty years. Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel and [[P. Surya Prakash]] edited the festschrift.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book
| author=Thompson, A. Frank
| title=''The Bairagi Madonna: Leaves from a Calcutta Notebook'', Indian Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge (ISPCK), New Delhi | isbn = 81-7214-372-9
| year=1997
| volume=
| url =http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9788172143725/Thompson,+A.+Frank/The+Bairagi+Madonna:+Leaves+from+a+Calcutta+Notebook/
}}
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| before=[[T. B. D. Prakasa Rao]], [[Church of South India|CSI]] 1981–2001
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| before=[[Regunta Yesurathnam|R. Yesurathnam]], [[Church of South India|CSI]] B. J. Christie Kumar, [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches|STBC]]| title=Teacher – in – [[Systematic theology]] [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]]|after=[[Regunta Yesurathnam|R. Yesurathnam]], [[Church of South India|CSI]] B. J. Christie Kumar, [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches|STBC]]| years=1984–1992}}
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| before=[[K. Frederick Paradesi Babu]], [[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church|AELC]] 2013–2015| title=Chairperson, Board of Governors, [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Secunderabad]]|after=R. R. D. Sajeeva Raju, STBC| years=2015–2018}}
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| before=[[B. P. Sugandhar]], [[Church of South India|CSI]]| title=Chairperson, [[United Theological College, Bangalore|United Theological College]], [[Bangalore]]|after=[[P. Surya Prakash]], [[Church of South India|CSI]] 2009–2012| years=2003–2009}}
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