Premaka Gurushantha
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| Premaka Gurushantha | |
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| Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore | |
| Church | Christian |
| Diocese | Church of South India Diocese of Mysore) |
| See | Church of South India |
| In office | 1947–1950[1] |
| Successor | Norman C. Sargant |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 October 1947[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1887[2] Tumkur, Karnataka |
| Previous post | Principal,[3] Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur (now merged into Karnataka Theological College) |
Premaka Gurushantha (Born 2 September 1887, Died 1950) was the first[1][4] Bishop in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore).
Gurushantha studied spirituality at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1912 and 1916[5]
It was in 1947 that Gurushantha hailed from a Methodist background, and in 1947 was consecrated as Bishop along with eight others at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, pp.36–41. [1]
- ↑ Rajaiah David Paul, The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, p.265. [2]
- ↑ Mar Aprem, Indian Christian who is who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p.97. [3]
- ↑ Bernard Thorogood, Gales of Change: Responding to a Shifting Missionary Context : the Story of the London Missionary Society, 1945–1977, WCC, p. 97. [4]
- ↑ K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. p.13
- ↑ Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987, pp. 5 and 73. [5]
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Bishop – in – Karnataka Central Diocese formerly (Diocese of Mysore) Church of South India 1947–1950 |
Succeeded by Norman C. Sargant 1951–1970 |
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| Preceded by | Principal, Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur -1947 |
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