Hospet Sumitra
Hospet Sumitra | |
|---|---|
| Bishop in Rayalaseema | |
| Church | Church of South India |
| Diocese | Rayalaseema |
| In office | 1950–1963[1] |
| Predecessor | - |
| Successor | L. V. Azariah |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1947 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1888 |
| Died | 19 January 1970 (aged 81)[2] Bellary, Karnataka |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop in Cuddapah |
Hospet Sumitra was the first Bishop in Rayalaseema of the Church of South India.[1]
After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore,[3] he studied theology at the United Theological College, Bengaluru between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students[4] and studied under L. P. Larsen, J. Mathers, F. Kingsbury, G. E. Phillips, W. H. Thorp, D. S. Herrick, and others. He was Moderator of the Church of South India from 1954 to 1962.[1]
Sumitra died on 19 January 1970[2] in Bellary, Karnataka.
Further reading[]
- Rajaiah David Paul (1972). "Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India". Cite journal requires
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- Notes
- ^ a b c 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. [1]
- ^ a b The National Christian Council Review, Volume 90, 1970. p. 120
- ^ Rajaiah David Paul, The first decade: an account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958. [2]
- ^ The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p. 12. [3]
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- Anglican bishops of Rayalaseema
- Telugu people
- Kannada people
- 20th-century Anglican bishops in India
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- Church of South India clergy
- Indian bishops
- Moderators of the Church of South India