Hospet Sumitra

Bishop Hospet Sumitra, CSI Ayyagaru
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	(1888-11-13)13 November 1888
Died	19 January 1970(1970-01-19) (aged 81) [3] Bellary, Karnataka
Denomination	Christianity
Profession	Pastor, Ecclesiastical Administrator
Education	Pre-University studies, B.D. (Serampore)
Alma mater	Central College of Bangalore United Theological College, Bengaluru

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Hospet Sumitra was the first Bishop in Rayalaseema of the Church of South India. ^[1]

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]

Sumitra died on 19 January 1970 ^[3] in Bellary, Karnataka.

Further reading

• Rajaiah David Paul (1972). "Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Notes

1. 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.
2. Church of South India, Order of Service for the Consecration of the First New Bishops of The Church of South India, Printed at London Mission Press, Nagercoil, 1947. Cited by Joseph G. Muthuraj, Speaking Truth to Power A Critique of the Church of South India Episcopacy (Governance) of the 21st Century, Globethics, Geneva, 2015, pp.209-229.
3. The National Christian Council Review, Volume 90, 1970. p. 120
4. Rajaiah David Paul, The first decade: an account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958.
5. The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p. 12.
6. The Living Church, Volume 115, 23 November 1947, p.9

Religious titles
Preceded by Position Created	Bishop in Cuddapah Church of South India 1947–1950	Succeeded by Position Ended
Preceded by Position Created Bunyan Joseph Bishop of Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese Two Dioceses integrated into new Rayalaseema Diocese	Bishop in Rayalaseema Church of South India 1950–1963	Succeeded by L. V. Azariah
Preceded by Frank Whittaker	Deputy Moderator Church of South India 1952–1954	Succeeded by Lesslie Newbigin
Preceded by Arthur Michael Hollis	Moderator Church of South India 1954–1962	Succeeded by Arnold Legg