S. R. Furtado (April 25, 1912 – November 4, 1995) was the first Bishop[3] - in - Karnataka Southern Diocese of Church of South India headquartered in Mangalore.

[4] Furtado's family hailed from a Roman Catholic[2] family which joined the Basel Evangelical Mission[5] 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.

Furtado resigned from the College in 1970 on account his elevation to the newly formed Bishopric, the Karnataka Southern Diocese.

In the 1960s, the Basel Evangelical Mission to which Furtado belonged got unionized[2] 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.

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".