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Govada Dyvasirvadam (born 28 March 1951) is the Moderator of the Church of South India and Bishop of Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India''(incorporating Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians)''.〔(Anglican Communion, Provincial Directory: Krishna-Godavari )〕 St. Andrew's Cathedral in Machilipatnam is 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.〔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〕 Dyvasirvadam was also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches headquartered in Geneva.〔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 ()〕 as well as a member of the General Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia headquartered in Thailand.〔The eleventh assembly of the CCA held in Indonesia from 2–6 June 2000 elected Dyvasirvadam as a member of its general committee.()〕 ==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.〔Vinod Victor, Leslie Nathaniel (Eds.), ''op. cit.''〕 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. He 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Govada Dyvasirvadam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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