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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type        = Bishop
| name        = Sebastian Ratnakar Furtado
| title       = Bishop in [[Karnataka Southern Diocese]] of [[Church of South India]]
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| church      = Christian
| archdiocese = 
| diocese     = [[Karnataka Southern Diocese]]
| see         = [[Church of South India]]
| term        = 1970-1978
| predecessor = [[Norman C. Sargant]] ''(erstwhile [[Church of South India Diocese of Mysore|Diocese of Mysore]])''
| successor   = [[D. P. Shettian]]
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| ordination     = 1952 by the Basel Evangelical Mission
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| consecration   = 2 May 1971
| consecrated_by = The Most Reverend [[P. Solomon]], [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] and <br />the Right Reverend [[J. E. L. Newbigin]], Deputy Moderator, [[Church of South India Synod]]
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| birth_date    = 25 April,<ref name="Geni">[http://www.geni.com/people/Sebastian-Furtado/6000000008044401624 Geni]</ref> 1912<ref name="Vijaya">Vijaya Kumar, ''Ecumenical Cooperation of the Missions in Karnataka (India), 1834-1989: A Historical Analysis of the Evangelistic Strategy of the Missions'', ISPCK, New Delhi, 2005, p.195.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=a_TrAAAACAAJ&q=ecumenical+cooperation+of+the+missions]</ref>
| birth_place   =[[Karnataka]]
| death_date    = 4 November 1995<ref name="Geni"/>
| death_place   = Karnataka
| parents=Mary Jane (Mother);  Lazar Andrea Furtado (Father)<ref name="Geni"/>
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'''S. R. Furtado''' ''(April 25, 1912 – November 4, 1995)'' was the first Bishop<ref>''The Church of England Year Book'', Volume 93, Church of England. General Synod, Church Information Office, 1976, p.235.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=ziksAQAAMAAJ&q=sebastian+furtado+mangalore]</ref> - in - [[Karnataka Southern Diocese]] of [[Church of South India]] headquartered in [[Mangalore]].<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.36-41.  [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=]</ref>

==Studies==
Furtado's family hailed from a [[Roman Catholic]]<ref name="Vijaya"/> family which joined the Basel Evangelical Mission<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n8YkAQAAIAAJ&q=sebastian+ratnakara+furtado ''The Mysore Gazette'', Part 4, Mysore, 1962, p.1194]</ref> and studied at [[Serampore College]], [[Serampore]], where his 1950 graduate thesis for his [[Bachelor of Divinity]] was ''Bhuta (Demon) Worship in South Canara and Its Effect on the Life and Religion of the People''.<ref>K. Cinnappa Gauḍa, ''The Mask and the Message'', Madipu Prakashana, 2005.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=xuKAAAAAMAAJ&q=furtado]</ref>

==Ecclesiastical ministry==
From 1959<ref name="Vijaya"/> onwards, Furtado taught at the Basel Evangelical Mission Theological Seminary at [[Mangalore]] until 1965 and then continued to teach at the new entity, the [[Karnataka Theological College]], [[Mangalore]], which was formed with the coming together of the BEMTS where Furtado was already teaching, and the Union Kanarese Seminary, [[Tumkur]].  Furtado resigned from the College in 1970 on account his elevation to the newly formed Bishopric, the [[Karnataka Southern Diocese]].

==Bishopric==
In the 1960s, the Basel Evangelical Mission to which Furtado belonged got unionized<ref name="Vijaya"/> into the [[Church of South India]] and in the ensuing ecclesiastical talks, Furtado, who was already a Theologian was chosen and principally consecrated as Bishop of Karnataka Southern Diocese on 2 May 1971 by [[Church of South India Synod]] Moderator [[P. Solomon]] in the presence of the co-consecrator, Deputy Moderator [[J. E. L. Newbigin]].<ref name="George"/>  Although Furtado retired in 1978, he continued as Moderator's Commissary until 1983. K. M. George wrote about Furtado as "a man of great discipline, dedication, deep conviction and administrative ability and concern for the unity and mission of the Church".<ref name="George"/>

==Writings==
1985, ''The United Basel Mission Church Administration Structure''<ref>S. R. Furtado, ''The United Basel Mission Church Administration Structure'' in Godwin Shiri (Edited), ''Wholeness in Christ - The Legacy of the Basel Mission in India'', KATHRI, Mangalore, 1985, pp.259-271.  [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476420781]</ref>

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 | before=[[Norman C. Sargant]]<br />erstwhile [[Church of South India Diocese of Mysore|Diocese of Mysore]]<br />1951-1971| title=Bishop of [[Karnataka Southern Diocese]]<br />[[Mangalore]]<br />[[Church of South India]]
 |after=[[D. P. Shettian]]<br />1989-1997
 | years=1970-1978
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