Hospet Sumitra

Hospet Sumitra
Bishop in Rayalaseema
Church Church of South India
See Diocese of Rayalaseema
In Office 1950–1963[1]
Predecessor -
Successor L. V. Azariah
Orders
Consecration 1947
Personal details
Born November 13, 1888(1888-11-13)
Died January 19, 1970(1970-01-19) (aged 81)[2]
Bellary, Karnataka
Previous post Bishop in Cuddapah

Hospet Sumitra was the first Bishop in Rayalaseema of the Church of South India.

After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore,[3] he studied theology at the United Theological College, Bengaluru between 1910 to 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.

Sumitra died on 19 January 1970[2] in Bellary, Karnataka.

Religious titles
Preceded by
Position Created[1]		 Bishop in Cuddapah
Church of South India
1947–1950		 Succeeded by
Position Ended[1]
Preceded by
Position Created[1]		 Bishop in Rayalaseema
Church of South India
1950–1963		 Succeeded by
L. V. Azariah[1]
Preceded by
Frank Whittaker[1]
1950–1952		 Deputy Moderator
Church of South India
1952–1954		 Succeeded by
Lesslie Newbigin[1]
1954–1960
1966–1974
Preceded by
Arthur Michael Hollis[1]
1948–1954		 Moderator
Church of South India
1954–1962		 Succeeded by
A. H. Legg[1]
1962–1966
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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]
  2. ^ a b The National Christian Council Review, Volume 90, 1970. p.120
  3. ^ Rajaiah David Paul, The first decade: an account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958. [2]
  4. ^ The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p. 12. [3]
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