Hospet Sumitra

Bishop

Hospet Sumitra, CSI

*Ayyagaru*
Bishop; Hospet Sumitra, CSI; Ayyagaru
Bishop - in - Rayalaseema
Church	Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian and Anglican missionary societies – ABCFM, SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England)
Diocese	Rayalaseema
In office	1947–1963
Predecessor	Position created
Successor	L. V. Azariah
Orders
Consecration	27 September 1947; by Bishop Cherakarottu Korula Jacob
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	13 November 1888
Died	19 January 1970 (aged 81); Bellary, Karnataka
Denomination	Christianity
Profession	Pastor, Ecclesiastical Administrator
Education	Pre-University studies,; ; B.D. (Serampore);
Alma mater	Central College of Bangalore; United Theological College, Bengaluru;

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

After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore, he studied theology at the United Theological College, Bengaluru between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students 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.

Sumitra died on 19 January 1970 in Bellary, Karnataka.

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