Timothy Ravinder

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep
Bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of the Church of South India
Church	Christian
See	Church of South India
In office	2013–present
Predecessor	Manickam Dorai
Successor	Incumbent
Previous post(s)	Liaison Officer, CSI-EMS India Desk, Chennai
Orders
Ordination	1997 by William Moses
Consecration	28 September 2013
Personal details
Born	(1958-12-20) December 20, 1958 (age 65) Ketti, Nilgiris district, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
Website	www.bptravinder.com

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep is the Bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of Church of South India.^[1]

Early years

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep was born on 20th December 1958 to S. Timothy and Emily Jane^[2] and was brought up in Ketti, a small village south of Ooty in Nilgiris district of present-day Tamil Nadu. He completed his primary education from The Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George's Homes, Ketti.

He took the pre-university course at Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore.^[3] He did his graduate course in B.Sc. Physics at the University of Madras from Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya.^[3] He completed a theological degree B.D. from the United Theological College, Bangalore, India (1991 to 1996).^[4] Subsequent to this he was selected to take an autumn course in New Testament studies at the Copenhagen University in Denmark. In 2003 Ravinder was deputed by the Church of South India from the Coimbatore diocese to work with the Protestant Church in Baden, Germany from 2003 to 2008 where he studied German Language, Arts and Culture at the Goethe University Frankfurt as part of the European Language Course Certificate in Rheinfelden, Baden.^{[5][failed verification]}

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep is married to Anny Hemalatha. He has two children.

Elevation to Bishopric

Timothy Ravinder Dev Pradeep was consecrated as the 6th bishop in Coimbatore Diocese of the Church of South India on 28 September 2013 by Most Rev Devakadasham, Moderator, Church of South India.

References

1. "New Bishop for CSI Church". The Hindu. 26 September 2013.
2. Appuswamy, Prashanth (2024). Bishop Timothy Ravinder: Ethical Leadership in the Corridors of Faith (1st Edition, 2024 ed.). Chandigarh: White Falcon Publishing. pp. 1–3. ISBN 979-8-89222-311-9.
3. Appuswamy, Prashanth (2024). Bishop Timothy Ravinder: Ethical Leadership in the Corridors of Faith (1st Edition, 2024 ed.). Chandigarh: White Falcon Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 979-8-89222-311-9.
4. "UTC Degree". Bishop Timothy Ravinder. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
5. Timothy, Ravinder. "Bishop Timothy Ravinder".