Church Christian Successor Norman C. Sargant Name Premaka Gurushantha | In office 1947-1950 See Church of South India Consecration October 4, 1947 | |
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Premaka Gurushantha (born 2 September 1887, died 1950) was the first Bishop in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore.
Gurushantha studied divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1912 and 1916
Gurushantha hailed from a Methodist background; in 1947 he was consecrated as Bishop along with eight others at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai.
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