Church Lutheran Predecessor E. Prakasam Died Guntur | In office 1951–1955 Successor G. Devasahayam | |
Diocese Synods of East Godavari, West Godavari, East Guntur, West Guntur, Central Guntur See Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) | ||
A. N. Gopal was the second Indian President of the Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society and served during the period 1951-1955. On completion of his term as President of the AELC, he was assigned the responsibility of President of the Lutheran Theological College, Rajahmundry.
Apart from his primary responsibility to the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society, he also served in an honorary capacity as President of the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (formerly Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India).
In 1955 when Gopal successfully completed a term of President of the AELC, he went on study leave to the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, where he underwent postgraduate studies in theology. On his return, he was assigned to the Lutheran Theological College, Rajahmundry.
In 1963, A. N. Gopal accepted the position as Principal of the Voorhees College (India) in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, the very College where Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan once studied.