| 2007 CSI Conference Leaders |
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Bishop Rt. Rev. Thomas Samuel ( Madhya Kerala Diocese)
The Right Reverend Johncy Itty, Ph.D., is currently the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, where he serves more than 22,000 Episcopalians in 76 churches throughout Western Oregon. Bishop Itty also previously served as the human rights officer in the Anglican Communion office at the United Nations, an office of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council. Bishop Itty has served as a research consultant at United Nations Headquarters in New York, and has represented the Anglican UN Office at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva. Bishop Itty is married to Dr. Jolly Itty and has two daughters, Julie and Jennifer, who attend Oregon Episcopal School in Portland
Fr. Dr. George Pulikkottil,
ordained in Orthodox
church, is doing his post doctoral research in Trinity College and has
specialized in eastern theology. He is a much sought after orator and with
many papers to his credit is a scholar in theology.
Rev. Joseph
Mathew, has served as Chaplain to two Bishops in his Diocese. He
holds Master's Degrees in English Literature and in Theology. He is a
musician, composer and singer, and has three English albums and one Hindi
album to his credit. At present he is pastoring the CSI Emmanuel
Congregation of Atlanta with his family.
Rev. Dr. George
Oommen is presently the vicar of the St. Peter’s CSI Church of LA.
Prior to this, he was professor of Christian History at UTC, Bangalore.
During this period he was associate presbyter at various churches including
St. Mark;s Cathedral, Bangalore.
Sam George
is the Executive Director of PARIVAR International, a non-profit initiative
to address the needs of youth and families of Asian Indian origin in North
America. Sam is the author of the book “Understanding
the Coconut Generation” (www.CoconutGeneration.com
Sam writes a national column on family issues in the Indian American
community for India Tribune. Mohan Zachariah works as the Director of the Niles Campus of Harvest Bible Church. He joined Harvest after six years of leadership in an urban ministry that deployed 100 year-long missionaries for service in four cities across U.S. |