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{{Short description|Indian bishop (1925–2013)}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = Isaiah Jesudason
| title = Bishop – in – [[South Kerala Diocese]] (1972-1990)
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = Christian
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[South Kerala Diocese]]
| see = [[Church of South India]]
| term = 1972-1990
| predecessor = [[W. P. Vachalan]]
| successor = [[Samuel Amirtham]]

| ordination = 1955
| ordained_by = [[Arnold Legg]]
| consecration = 5 August 1973<ref name="George"/>
| consecrated_by = [[Ananda Rao Samuel]], Moderator Co-consecrator, [[Lesslie Newbigin]], Deputy Moderator<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, pp.62-65, 107-109. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=]</ref>
| rank =

| birth_date = 14 February 1925
| birth_place = Kariyil Thottam, [[Amaravila]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|06|16|1925|02|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Pattom]], [[Kerala]]
| previous_post =[[Principal (academia)|Principal]], [[Kerala United Theological Seminary]], [[Trivandrum]] {{small|(-1972)}}
}}
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'''Bishop I. Jesudasan''' (1925-2013) was the third <ref name="George"/> Bishop-in-[[South Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India]].

==Studies==
Jesudasan studied at seminaries affiliated to India's first<ref>Sankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 ''Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. '' Internet, accessed 30 November 2008. [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150100400.htm]</ref> University, the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]]'' {a University under Section 2 (f) of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] Act, 1956}''<ref>The [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] is a University within the meaning of Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 under which a University means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recognised by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act. The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since ''The Serampore College Act, 1918'' was passed by the Government of West Bengal.</ref> with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish Charter and ratified by the [[Government of West Bengal]].

He first studied at the [[Kerala United Theological Seminary]], [[Trivandrum]] where he took a [[Licentiate in Theology]] and then at the [[Serampore College]], [[Serampore]] between 1951-1953<ref name="Directory">[[S. J. Samartha]], [[M. P. John]] (Compiled), ''Directory of students 1910-1967'', Serampore College (Theology Department), Serampore, 1967, p.16.</ref> where he took a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] and then the Leonard Theological College, [[Jabalpur]] where he studied for a [[Master of Theology]].<ref name="Kattakada">''Former Moderator Most Rev. I Yesudasn passes away'', Official Website of CSI Parish Kattakada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala [http://www.csikattakada.in/index.php/news/2014-01-01-12-32-46/news/115-former-moderator-most-rev-i-yesudasn-passes-away] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081454/http://www.csikattakada.in/index.php/news/2014-01-01-12-32-46/news/115-former-moderator-most-rev-i-yesudasn-passes-away |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> In addition he also studied at the [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)]] for a [[Master of Sacred Theology]] degree.<ref name="Kattakada"/>

==Career==
While Jesudasan was teaching at the [[Kerala United Theological Seminary]], [[Trivandrum]], he was elected as the third Bishop - in - [[South Kerala Diocese]] and consecrated on 5 August 1973<ref name="George"/> by Moderator, [[N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel]]<ref>Moderator I. R. H. Gnanadason became ill as per the volume by K. M. George, p.104.</ref> and [[Lesslie Newbigin]], the Deputy Moderator.

During the seventeenth [[Church of South India Synod]] held from 10–14 January 1980<ref name="George"/> at the [[Madras Christian College]], [[Tambaram]], Jesudasan was elected as the Deputy Moderator and held the office from 1980 to 1982. Again during the eighteenth [[Church of South India Synod]] held from 11–15 January 1982<ref name="George"/> at [[Vellore]], Jesudasan became the Moderator and held the office three consecutive terms up to 1988.<ref name="George"/>

Jesudasan retired from the bishopric on 14 February 1990<ref name="George"/> on attaining superannuation. The [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] awarded an honorary doctorate degree upon Jesudasan in 1989.<ref>''List of the Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa)'', Senate of Serampore College (University). [http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/hall-of-fame/doctor-of-divinity/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611041044/http://www.senateofseramporecollege.edu.in/hall-of-fame/doctor-of-divinity/ |date=11 June 2014 }}</ref>

On 16 June 2013,<ref>''Bishop I. Jesudasan passes away'', The Hindu, June 17, 2013, Thiruvananthapuram. [https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bishop-i-jesudasan-passes-away/article4821953.ece]</ref> Jesudasan died due to ill health.

==References==
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| before=Hokishe Sema Zairema [[Samuel Amirtham]] 1988| title=[[Senate of Serampore College (University)]] Doctor of Divinity ''[[Honoris Causa]]''
|after=[[Mother Teresa]] M. A. Thomas Earnest Stafford 1991
| years=1989
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| before=[[W. P. Vachalan]] 1966-1972| title=Bishop - in - [[South Kerala Diocese]] [[Church of South India]]
|after=[[Samuel Amirtham]] 1990-1997
| years=1972-1990
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| before=[[Solomon Doraiswamy]] 1978-1980| title=Deputy Moderator [[Church of South India Synod]]|after=[[Sundar Clarke]] 1982-1986
| years=1980-1982
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| before=[[Solomon Doraiswamy]] 1980-1982| title=Moderator [[Church of South India Synod]]|after=[[Victor Premasagar]] 1988-1992
| years=1982-1988
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[[Category:Leonard Theological College alumni]]
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