Luther Abraham

Bishop

H. D. L. Abraham, CSI

Assistant Bishop - in - Mysore (1966-1968)
Bishop - in - Medak (1969-1975)
The Right Reverend
ChurchChurch 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
In office1969–1975[1]
PredecessorPosition created (in Mysore)
Eber Priestley, CSI (in Medak)
SuccessorPosition discontinued (in Mysore)
B. G. Prasada Rao, CSI (in Medak)
Previous post(s)
  • Parish Priest - in - Hatcholli (1937-1945), Adoni (1945-1948), Bellary (1948-1966)
  • Spiritual Formator, Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur (1956-1962)
  • Assistant Bishop - in - Mysore (1966-1968)
Orders
Ordination1940, Adoni[2]
by C. B. Firth of the London Missionary Society
Consecration17 November 1966[3]
by Norman C. Sargant, CSI
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Henry Divakara Luther Abraham

(1908-02-08)8 February 1908[2]
Vikarabad, Hyderabad state
Died1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 78)[2]
Bellary, Karnataka
DenominationChristianity
Education
Alma mater

Henry Diwakar Luther Abraham (8 February 1908 – 1 January 1987)[2] (H. D. L. Abraham;[7] known as Luther)[8] was the second successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop in Medak and an able administrator.[1]

  1. ^ a b K. M. George, Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. p. 56.[1]
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  7. ^ The Church of England Year Book, Volume 2006, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Great Britain, 1975. p.235. [2]
  8. ^ Medak Cathedral – Third Bishop Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine