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	'''Bishop A. Rajarathnam''' was Bishop - in - [[Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India]] and the sixth in succession.		'''Bishop A. Rajarathnam''' was Bishop - in - [[Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India]] and the sixth in succession.

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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = Allu Rajarathnam
| title = Bishop – in – [[Dornakal]] (1996-2006)
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = Christian
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[Dornakal]]
| see = [[Church of South India]]
| term = 1996-2006<ref name="Edwin">M. Edwin Rao (Compiled), ''Prophet Azariah and the Blessed Dornakal: A centenary revisit 1912-2012'', Dornakal Diocese, Dornakal, 2012, pp.91-93</ref>
| predecessor = [[D. N. Samuel]]
| successor = [[B. S. Devamani]]

| ordination = 1966<ref name="Edwin"/>
| ordained_by = Bishop [[P. Solomon]]
| consecration = 30 May 1997<ref name="Edwin"/> January 1986<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.20-23 and p.113. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=]</ref>
| consecrated_by = [[Vasant P. Dandin]], Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]] and William Moses, Deputy Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]]<ref name="George"/>
| rank =

| birth_date = 11 April 1941
| birth_place = Dornakal,<ref name="Edwin"/> [[Khammam District]]
| death_date = 1 April 2019<ref>''Rt. Rev. Dr. Rajarathnam, the former Bishop in Dornakal, Passes Away''[https://www.csisynod.com/news_view.php?Id=5924]</ref>
| death_place = Hyderabad
| buried = Epiphany Cathedral compound, Dornakal
| previous_post =[[Pastor]], [[Diocese of Dornakal]]{{small|(1966-1996)}}
}}
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'''Bishop A. Rajarathnam''' was Bishop - in - [[Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India]] and the sixth in succession.

Like his predecessor [[D. N. Samuel]], Rajarathnam also studied at the Andhra Union Theological College (AUTC), Dornakal in 1963 but within a year, he moved along with the College to Rajahmundry as the AUTC together with other Seminaries formed the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] in Rajahmundry in 1964.<ref>''1966 Yearbook'', United Lutheran Church in America,
United Lutheran Publication house, p. 11, 1965. [https://books.google.com/books?id=677kAAAAMAAJ&q=andhra+union+theological+college&dq=andhra+union+theological+college&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAmoVChMI2K3V69_QxwIVDsWOCh22xwXS]</ref> Rajarathnam was awarded a [[Licentiate in Theology]] in 1966 and upgraded his academics by pursuing a [[Bachelor of Theology]] as well as a [[Bachelor of Divinity]] degree through the [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] which by then relocated to its present campus in [[Hyderabad]]. The [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], Hyderabad where Rajarathnam studied is affiliated to the [[Senate of Serampore College (University)]], 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> {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 recoginsed 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]].

Rajarathnam first studied at the Mission school in Dornakal and became a Teacher from 1961-1963<ref name="Edwin"/> where he taught at [[Madiripuram]] until 1963 when he enrolled for spiritual studies. After his ordination in 1966, he served as a Pastor in the [[Diocese of Dornakal]]. In 1996 when Bishop [[D. N. Samuel]] retired on attaining superannuation, the ensuing [[sede vacante]] was filled up by the [[Church of South India Synod]] by appointing Rajarathnam to the bishopric in 1997 who was principally consecrated by [[Vasanth P. Dandin]], Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]] and William Moses, Deputy Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]].<ref name="George"/> In 1998,<ref name="Edwin"/> Rajarathnam attended the thirteenth [[Lambeth Conference]] presided over by [[George Carey]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].

On 11 April 2006,<ref name="Edwin"/> Rajarathnam stepped down as the Bishop-in-Dornakal due to superannuation causing the [[Diocese of Dornakal]] to be [[sede vacante]]. The [[Ramanuja]] Scholar, [[B. S. Devamani]] succeeded Rajarathnam as Bishop-in-Dornakal.

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| before=[[D. N. Samuel]] 1986-1996| title=Bishop - in - [[Diocese of Dornakal]] [[Church of South India]]
|after=[[B. S. Devamani]] 1996-2012
| years=1997-2006
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| before=[[D. N. Samuel]] 1986-1996| title=Member, Board of Governors, [[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad]]
|after=[[B. S. Devamani]] 1996-2012
| years=1997-2006
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{{Succession box| before=S. Paul Raj, [[Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church|GSELC]] 1999–2001| title=Chairperson, Board of Governors, 
[[Andhra Christian Theological College]], [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]]|after=G. Devadanam, [[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches|STBC]] 2003-2005| years=2001-2003}}
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book
| author=Anantha Sudhaker Bobbili
| title=The Road from Poodur in Biographical Passages: Essays in Victorian and Modernist Biography : Honouring Mary M. Lago, University of Missouri, North America
| year=2000
| volume=
| isbn=978-0-8262-1256-6| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=qfXSKIo4fDoC&q=diocese+of+karimnagar&pg=PA133
}}

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