Samuel Kanaka Prasad

In this name, the family name is Kanaka Prasad, not Thalari.
Samuel Kanaka Prasad
Bishop
Church Christianity
See Medak
In office 2009—
Predecessor B. P. Sugandhar
Successor Incumbent
Orders
Ordination 1983[1]
Consecration 17 August 2009[2]
Personal details
Born 05-08-1950
Andhra Pradesh
Previous post Presbyter-in-Charge

T. Samuel Kanaka Prasad[3] is the sixth successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop in Medak in the Church of South India (CSI).

Divinity and pastorship

Kanaka Prasad studied theology at the Andhra Christian Theological College,[1] Hyderabad.

Bishopric

When B. P. Sugandhar retired from the Bishopric, T. S. Kanaka Prasad was declared as the seventh successor of Frank Whittaker by the Moderator of the Church of South India, John Wilson Gladstone. He was consecrated in the historical Medak Cathedral in Medak on 17 August 2009 in the presence of other Bishops of the Church of South India.

References

  1. 1 2 Council for World Mission, CSI consecrates three new bishops
  2. ↑ The Hindu, Andhra Pradesh, New bishop for Medak church
  3. ↑ Ecclesia India blog
Religious titles
Preceded by
B. P. Sugandhar		 Bishop in Medak

Church of South India, Diocese of Medak
2009–

Succeeded by
Incumbent
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