Hospet Sumitra

Hospet Sumitra
Hospet Sumitra
	Bishop in Rayalaseema
Church	Church of South India
Diocese	Rayalaseema
In office	1950–1963[1]
Predecessor	-
Successor	L. V. Azariah
Orders
Consecration	1947
Personal details
Born	13 November 1888
Died	19 January 1970 (aged 81)[2]; Bellary, Karnataka
Previous post	Bishop in Cuddapah

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

After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore,[3] he studied theology at the United Theological College, Bengaluru between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students[4] and studied under L. P. Larsen, J. Mathers, F. Kingsbury, G. E. Phillips, W. H. Thorp, D. S. Herrick, and others. He was Moderator of the Church of South India from 1954 to 1962.[1]

Sumitra died on 19 January 1970[2] in Bellary, Karnataka.

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.
The National Christian Council Review, Volume 90, 1970. p. 120
Rajaiah David Paul, The first decade: an account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958.
The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p. 12.

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 Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese Integrated into 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

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