Hospet Sumitra
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Hospet Sumitra was the first Bishop in Rayalaseema of the Church of South India.[1]
ChurchChurch of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian and Anglican missionary societies – ABCFM, SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England)
DioceseRayalaseema
In office1947–1963[1]
PredecessorPosition created
Bishop Hospet Sumitra, CSI Ayyagaru | |
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| Bishop - in - Rayalaseema | |
| Church | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian and Anglican missionary societies – ABCFM, SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
| Diocese | Rayalaseema |
| In office | 1947–1963[1] |
| Predecessor | Position created |
| Successor | L. V. Azariah |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 27 September 1947 by Bishop Cherakarottu Korula Jacob[2] |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1888 |
| Died | 19 January 1970 (aged 81)[3] |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Profession | Pastor, Ecclesiastical Administrator |
| Education |
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| Alma mater | |
After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore,[4] he studied theology at the United Theological College, Bengaluru between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students[5] and studied under L. P. Larsen, J. Mathers, F. Kingsbury, G. E. Phillips, W. H. Thorp, D. S. Herrick, and others.
He became a bishop on 29 September 1947 and oversaw the diocese of Cuddapah; Cuddapah was merged with Anantapur-Kurnool in 1950 and Sumitra became the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Rayalaseema.[6]
He was Moderator of the Church of South India from 1954 to 1962.[1]