Dharmakkan Dhanaraj, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dharmakkan Dhanaraj

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1950

Place of Birth: Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Death: 16-Oct-2017

Profession: theologian

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dharmakkan Dhanaraj (18 December 1950– 16 October 2017) was an Indian Old Testament Scholar who taught at the Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore, a Seminary established in 1965 and affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University). After serving more than 40 years for the cause of Spiritual formation and the teaching of German language studies, through the Karnataka Theological College and the Moegling Institute for German Language, both in Mangalore, Dhanaraj died on Monday, 16 October 2017 in Mangalore after a brief illness and his Funeral mass was conducted at 16:00 hours on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, by Bishop emeritus John Sadananda, CSI, at the CSI-Shanthi Cathedral, Balmatta, Mangalore in the presence of Sydney Salins, CSI, H.
R.
Cabral, CSI, Annie Watson, CSI, F.
Anilkumar, CSI, Bishop emeritus C.
L.
Furtado, CSI, D.
R.
Sadananda, CSI and Mohan Manoraj, CSI, the present CSI Bishop - in - Mangalore.
Dhanaraj's demise comes close on the heels of the notable Old Testament Scholar, Bishop emeritus Samuel Amirtham, CSI, who departed during the last week of September 2017.