Premaka Gurushantha (born 2 September 1887, died 1950) was the first
[K. M. George, ''Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997'', Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999, pp. 36–41.]
/ref> bishop in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore.
Gurushantha studied divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore
United Theological College (UTC) is an ecumenical Mainline Protestant, mainline seminary founded in 1910. It is situated in the southern city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka in South India and affiliated to India's first Theological Unive ...
between 1912 and 1916[K. M. Hiwale (Compiled), ''Directory of the United Theological College 1910–1997'', Bangalore, 1997. p. 13]
Gurushantha hailed from a Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...
background; in 1947 he was consecrated as bishop along with eight others at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai.[Norman Sargant, ''From Missions to Church in Karnataka, 1920–1950'', Christian Literature Society, Madras, 1987, pp. 5 and 73.]
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People from Tumakuru district
Kannada people
21st-century Anglican bishops in India
Anglican bishops of Mysore
1887 births
1950 deaths
Indian Christian theologians
Senate of Serampore College (University) alumni