Yeddu Muthyalu

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Yeddu Muthyalu
Bishop – in – Krishna-Godavari (1947-1955)
ChurchChristian
Diocese Krishna-Godavari
See Church of South India
In office1947-1954 [1]
PredecessorPost created
(Previously V. S. Azariah of the Diocese of Dornakal)
Successor A. B. Elliott
Orders
Ordination1924
Consecration1945 as Assistant Bishop [2] <
Personal details
Born1924 [3]
Died1954 [1]
Eluru, Andhra Pradesh
Previous post(s) Pastor, Diocese of Dornakal (1924-1945 [1] )
Tutor, Dornakal Divinity School (1929-1930 [4] )
Assistant Bishop, [2] Diocese of Dornakal (1945-1947 [5] )

Bishop Yeddu Muthyalu(Yeddy Muthyalu) (died 1954 [2] ) was the first Bishop - in - Krishna-Godavari Diocese of the Church of South India who was consecrated in 1947 [6] at the St. George's Cathedral, Chennai along with thirteen [2] other Bishops.

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Anglican Diocese of Dornakal

After initial studies at the Dornakal Divinity School, Muthyalu was ordained in 1924 [4] and became a Priest of the Diocese of Dornakal whose geographical precincts were wide. In 1929, Muthyalu had a short stint as Tutor [4] at his alma mater after which he again took up the role as Priest. In 1940, Muthyalu became Honorary Canon of the Epiphany Cathedral in Dornakal a position which he held until 1945 when he was consecrated [5] as Assistant Bishop in Dornakal. [4]

CSI Diocese of Krishna-Godavari

When the Church of South India was formed in 1947, the Diocese of Dornakal was considerably reduced as three new diocese were erected - the Dioceses of Nandyal, Krishna-Godavari, and Rayalaseema. The Church of South India Synod consecrated Muthyalu in 1947 at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai as the first Bishop - in - Krishna Godavari. Muthyalu occupied the Cathedra in Eluru. [7]

Death

In 1954, when Muthyalu died [1] suddenly, the Church of South India Synod confabulated and sent A. B. Elliott of the adjoining Diocese of Dornakal to succeed Muthyalu.

Rajaiah David Paul who authored The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India [8] wrote the following lines about the early life of Yeddu Muthyalu,

The Right Reverend Yeddu Muthyalu was the son of a soldier. His entry into the Church as a little child was typical of the man. Shortly after his father's death, his mother came under the influence of the missionaries in Masulipatnam [9] and in spite of much persecution, decided to be baptized. Her little son with equal determination threw in his lot with his mother, and neither blows nor threats would keep him from becoming a Christian with her. [8]

Religious titles
Preceded by
A. B. Elliott
1935-1945
Assistant Bishop - in - Diocese of Dornakal
1945-1947
Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by
Post created
Bishop - in - Diocese of Krishna-Godavari
Church of South India

1947-1954
Succeeded by
A. B. Elliott
1955-1959

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 M. Edwin Rao (Compiled), Prophet Azariah and the Blessed Dornakal: A centenary revisit 1912-2012, Dornakal Diocese, Dornakal, 2012, p.135
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.16-17 and 44-45.
  3. Aprem (Mar), Indian Christian who is who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p.99.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Crockford's Clerical Directory, Volume 71, Oxford University Press, 1947, p.947.
  5. 1 2 Mildred E. Gibbs, The Anglican Church in India, 1600-1970, ISPCK, New Delhi, 1972, p.416.
  6. The Living Church, Volume 114, Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1947, p.9
  7. P. N. Chopra, Encyclopaedia of India, Volume 1, Agam Prakashan, 1988, p.90. Chopra lists Eluru as housing one of the Cathedrals of the Church of South India. In the latter years, the Cathedral was shifted to Vijayawada during the bishopric of T. B. D. Prakasa Rao and again moved to the present Machilipatnam by Bishop G. Dyvasirvadam.
  8. 1 2 Rajaiah David Paul, The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, p.262.
  9. The present Machilipatnam