P. J. Lawrence

Bishop Emeritus P. J. Lawrence was Bishop - in - Nandyal from 2006 to 2012.

Lawrence underwent ministerial formation at the United Theological College, Bangalore, affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University), where he studied Bachelor of Divinity from 1968-1971 under the Principalship of Joshua Russell Chandran.

Lawrence also studied a doctoral degree leading to Doctor of Ministry at the Columbia Theological Seminary in 2000.Lawrence's thesis was entitled St. James, Jamaica, "Toward a Caribbean Theology of Liberation: A Christian Response to Rastafarian Movement".

Lawrence founded the Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, United Church of Jamaica and Cayman Islands.In 2003, he performed the marriage rites of 13 couples who went underwater for the marriage ceremony.

On 29 May 2006, the Most Reverend B. P. Sugandhar, then Moderator principally consecrated Lawrence at the CSI-Holy Cross Cathedral, Nandyal.