Samuel Kanaka Prasad
Bishop Emeritus T. S. Kanaka Prasad[3] was the sixth successor of Frank Whittaker and seventh Bishop–in–Medak for the Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India (CSI) during the period 2009–2012.
T. S. Kanaka Prasad, CSI Ayyagaru | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus–in–Medak | |
| Church | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
| Diocese | Diocese of Medak |
| See | Medak |
| Appointed | 2009 |
| Predecessor | B. P. Sugandhar, CSI |
| Successor | A. C. Solomon Raj, CSI |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1983[1] by Bishop Victor Premasagar |
| Consecration | 17 August 2009[2] by The Most Reverend J. W. Gladstone, Moderator and Principal Consecrator and The Right Reverend Christopher Asir, Deputy Moderator and Co-consecrator |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1950 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Residence | Secunderabad |
| Parents | Smt. Esther and Sri Thalari Samuel |
| Occupation | Priesthood |
| Previous post(s) | Pastor |
Ministerial formation
During the bishopric of H. D. L. Abraham, Kanaka Prasad entered the priesthood and studied spirituality in ecclesiastical institutions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Ramayapatnam
Kanaka Prasad first underwent a year of propadeutic studies at the STBC-Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College in Ramayapatnam in Nellore district during the principalship of Louis F. Knoll[4] where he was also taught by the Old Testament scholar, G. Solomon and the Church historian R. Joseph.
Rajahmundry
After a year of study at Ramayapatnam, Kanaka Prasad moved to the Andhra Christian Theological College[4] then located at Rajahmundry where he enrolled for spiritual studies during the principalship of W. D. Coleman and studied under notable faculty including G. Devasahayam, W. P. Peery, G. Solomon, M. Victor Paul, S. Joseph, Victor Premasagar, B. E. Devaraj, Eric J. Lott, Muriel Spurgeon Carder and Waldo Penner.[4]
Telangana
Kanaka Prasad then studied at the Andhra Christian Theological College, which by then had moved to Hyderabad,[4] during the period of the Old Testament scholars, Victor Premasagar, CSI and G. Babu Rao, CBCNC.
Bishopric
When B. P. Sugandhar retired from the bishopric, T. S. Kanaka Prasad contested the vacant bishopric and was elected as the eighth Bishop in Medak and consecrated on 17 August 2009 at the CSI-Medak Cathedral by then Moderator, The Most Reverend John Wilson Gladstone, the principal consecrator and The Right Reverend Christopher Asir, the co-consecrator in the presence of bishops including S. J. Theodore, Bishop - in - Karimnagar, P. J. Lawrence Bishop - in - Nandyal and others as well as clergy from the Diocese of Medak led by A. C. Solomon Raj, who succeeded Kanaka Prasad to the bishopric of Medak.
References
- Council for World Mission, CSI consecrates three new bishops
- The Hindu, Andhra Pradesh, New bishop for Medak church
- Ecclesia India blog
- Talathoti Punnaiah, My Memoir, Ministry and Message: 60 years Life Experiences 1950-2010, Kakinada, 2010, p.27.
Further reading
- John Braisted Carman, Chilkuri Vasantha Rao (2014). Christians in South Indian Villages, 1959-2009: Decline and Revival in Telangana. ISBN 978-0-8028-7163-3.
- T. Punnaiah (2010). "My Memoir, Ministry and Message".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Anantha Sudhaker Babbili (2000). The Road from Poodur in Biographical Passages: Essays in Victorian and Modernist Biography : Honouring Mary M. Lago, University of Missouri, North America. ISBN 978-0-8262-1256-6.
- P. Y. Luke, J. B. Carman (1968). Village Christians and Hindu Culture. ISBN 978-8-1845-8089-1.