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	'''Bishop B. S. Devamani''' was the seventh Bishop - in - [[Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India]] whose bishopric was from 2006 to 2012.<ref name="Edwin"/>		'''Bishop B. S. Devamani''' was the seventh Bishop - in - [[Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India]] whose bishopric was from 2006 to 2012.<ref name="Edwin"/>

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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = Bachu Sathyanandam Devamani
| title = Bishop – in – [[Dornakal]] (2006-2012)
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = Christian
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[Dornakal]]
| see = [[Church of South India]]
| term = 2006-2012<ref name="Edwin">M. Edwin Rao (Compiled), ''Prophet Azariah and the Blessed Dornakal: A centenary revisit 1912-2012'', Dornakal Diocese, Dornakal, 2012, pp.94-95</ref>
| predecessor = [[A. Rajarathnam]]
| successor = [[V. Prasada Rao]]

| ordination = 1976<ref name="Edwin"/>
| ordained_by = Bishop [[P. Solomon]]
| consecration = 2006<ref name="Edwin"/>
| consecrated_by = [[B. P. Sugandhar]], Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]] and [[S. Vasantha Kumar]], Deputy Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]]
| rank =

| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date|2013|04|22|df=yes}}<ref name="The Hindu">''Bishop’s death: woman picked up for questioning'' in The Hindu, Hyderabad, 4 May 2013. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bishops-death-woman-picked-up-for-questioning/article4681266.ece]</ref><ref name="NCCI">Sunil Raj Philip, ''Bishop B. S. Devamani called to higher services'', 29 June 2013, NCCI. [http://www.nccindia.in/index.php/ncci-news/archive/267-bishop-b-s-devamani-called-to-higher-services.html]</ref>
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]]
| buried = Epiphany Cathedral compound, Dornakal
| previous_post =[[Director (business)|Director]], Pastoral Aid Department, [[Church of South India Synod]]{{small|(1995-1998)}}
}}
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'''Bishop B. S. Devamani''' was the seventh Bishop - in - [[Dornakal Diocese of the Church of South India]] whose bishopric was from 2006 to 2012.<ref name="Edwin"/>

==Studies==
After initial studies in [[English literature]]<ref name="Edwin"/> at the CSI-[[Noble College]], [[Machilipatnam]] and teaching in [[Mulug, Warangal|Mulug]], Devamani was sent for spiritual studies by Bishop [[P. Solomon]]<ref name="Edwin"/> to study at the Anglican Bishop's College, [[Kolkata]] 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 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]]. From 1972 to 1975, Devamani was in Kolkata studying at the Bishop's College for the graduate degree of [[Bachelor of Divinity]] under faculty including [[Yisu Das Tiwari]]<ref>''The Story of Serampore and its College'', The Council of Serampore College, 2005 (Fourth Edition), pp.91-92</ref> and others after which the Senate of Serampore College (University) under the Registrarship of [[Chetti Devasahayam]] awarded him a graduate degree.

For postgraduate studies, Devamani was sent in 1978<ref name="Edwin"/> to the [[General Episcopal Theological Seminary]] in [[New York City]] where he specialized in inter-religious studies researching on the Indian Vaishnava Saint [[Ramanuja]] under J. A. Carpenter resulting in a dissertation which Devamani later published it in 1990 under the title ''The Religion of Ramanuja: A Christian Appraisal''.<ref name="Ramanuja">B. S. Devamani, ''The Religion of Ramanuja: A Christian Appraisal'', CLS, Madras, 1990. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4zAsAAAAIAAJ&q=b.s.devamani+general+episcopal+seminary&dq=b.s.devamani+general+episcopal+seminary&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMI9d6myOzQxwIVjxqOCh0S-Al7]</ref> From New York, Devamani moved to the [[Diocese of Canterbury]],<ref name="Ramanuja"/> [[England]] to minister there for a year and returned in 1981 to the [[Diocese of Karimnagar]]<ref>The Diocese of Dornakal was bifurcated in 1978.</ref> to continue his pastoral ministry in [[Kazipet]].

Again in 1990, Devamani was sent by the [[Church of South India Synod]] to pursue doctoral studies in ministry at the [[Chicago Theological Seminary]], Chicago where he studied up to 1992. Devamani's doctoral dissertation was solely based out of his pastoral experiences at Kazipet which was entitled ''Practice of mission at St. John's Congregation of Kazipet in the Church of South India''.<ref>B. S. Devamani, ''Practice of mission at St. John's Congregation of Kazipet in the Church of South India'', Chicago Theological Seminary Lapp learning commons, Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) Professional Papers 1991-2000. [http://commons.ctschicago.edu/component/content/article?id=77] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132106/http://commons.ctschicago.edu/component/content/article?id=77 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> While in [[Chicago]], Devamani also pastored rural congregations of [[Odell, Illinois|Odell]] and [[Emington]] under the [[United Church of Christ]].<ref name="Edwin"/>

==Ministry and Bishopric==
Ever since his ordination in 1975/1976<ref name="Edwin"/> as Deacon/Presbyter, Devamani began ministering in the parishes of [[Diocese of Dornakal]].
In 1995,<ref name="Edwin"/> Devamani returned to India as the Church of South India Synod made him Director of the Pastoral Aid Department. Again in 1998,<ref name="Edwin"/> Devamani was sent to the [[Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem|Diocese of Jerusalem]] as Pastor till 2000 and returned to the Diocese of Karimnagar to minister to the parishes.

In 2006 when Bishop [[A. Rajarathnam]] of the adjoining Diocese of Dornakal retired on attaining superannuation, Devamani contested for the bishopric and was declared elected by then Moderator of the Church of South India Synod, [[B. P. Sugandhar]] who principally consecrated him in the presence of the Deputy Moderator, [[S. Vasantha Kumar]] at the CSI-Epiphany Cathedral in [[Dornakal]]. Devamani's bishopric lasted from 2006 till 2012<ref name="Edwin"/> the year in which he retired on superannuation.

Devamani died under tragic<ref name="The Hindu"/> circumstances on 22 April 2013<ref name="The Hindu"/> in Hyderabad.

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| before=[[A. Rajarathnam]] 1996-2006| title=Bishop - in - [[Diocese of Dornakal]] [[Church of South India]]
|after=[[V. Prasada Rao]] 2012-''Present''
| years=2006-2012
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{{Succession box
| before=[[A. Rajarathnam]] 1996-2006| title=Member, Board of Governors, [[Andhra Christian Theological College]] [[Hyderabad]]
|after=[[V. Prasada Rao]] 2012-''Present''
| years=2006-2012
}}
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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&pg=PA133
}}

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