Premaka Gurushantha

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
ChurchChristian
DioceseChurch of South India Diocese of Mysore
SeeChurch of South India
In office1947–1950[1]
SuccessorNorman C. Sargant
Orders
Consecration4 October 1947[1]
Personal details
Born2 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

  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, pp. 36–41.
  2. Rajaiah David Paul, The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1958, p.265.
  3. Mar Aprem, Indian Christian Who is Who, Bombay Parish Church of the East, Bombay, 1983, p. 97.
  4. Bernard Thorogood, Gales of Change: Responding to a Shifting Missionary Context: the Story of the London Missionary Society, 1945–1977, WCC, p. 97.
  5. K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997, Bangalore, 1997. p. 13
  6. Norman Sargant, From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950, Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987, pp. 5 and 73.
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