Premaka Gurushantha (born 2 September 1887, died 1950) was the first[1][4] bishop in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore.
Premaka Gurushantha | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Previous post(s) | Principal,[3] Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur (now merged into Karnataka Theological College) |
Gurushantha studied divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1912 and 1916[5]
Gurushantha hailed from a Methodist background; in 1947 he was consecrated as bishop along with eight others at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c 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]