Premaka Gurushantha | |
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Bishop in Church of South India Diocese of Mysore | |
Church | Christian |
Diocese | Church of South India Diocese of Mysore |
See | Church of South India |
In office | 1947–1950[1] |
Successor | Norman C. Sargant |
Previous post(s) | Principal,[2] Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur (now merged into Karnataka Theological College) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 4 October 1947[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 September 1887[3] |
Premaka Gurushantha (born 2 September 1887, died 1950) was the first[1][4] bishop in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore.
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]