Diocese of Rayalaseema | |
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Bishopric | |
Location | |
Country | India |
Territory | Civil districts of Chittoor, Anantapur, Kurnool, and Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh |
Residence | Kadapa |
Deaneries | 24 |
Subdivisions | 78 |
Headquarters | Kadapa |
Statistics | |
Churches | 78 |
Information | |
Denomination | Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England) |
Established | 15 July 1950 |
Dissolved | Cuddapah Diocese and Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese |
Cathedral | Kadapa didn't has a Cathedral (Its CSI Central Church, Kadapa). |
Language | Telugu |
Calendar | Gregorian |
Leadership | |
Parent church | Church of South India Trust Association |
Patriarch | Most.Rev. Dharmaraj Rasalam, CSI (Moderator) |
The Right Reverend | Peyyala Issac Vara Prasad, CSI |
Bishops emeritus | B. D. Prasada Rao |
Website | |
http://csirayalaseemadiocese.com/ |
Rayalaseema Diocese is a diocese of Church of South India in Andhra Pradesh state of India.The diocese one among the 22 dioceses of Church of South India.
Rayalaseema diocese was carved on 15 July 1950 out of then Cuddapah Diocese and Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese of the Church of South India.[1]
From[A] | Until[B] | Incumbent | Notes (earned theological credentials) |
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15.9.1947 | March 1950 | Bunyan Joseph |
From[A] | Until[B] | Incumbent | Notes (earned theological credentials) |
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27.9.1947 | 14.7.1950 | H. Sumitra | B.D. (Serampore) |
*Rayalaseema Diocese (Integration of Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese and Cuddapah Diocese)
From[A] | Until[B] | Incumbent | Notes (earned theological credentials) |
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15.7.1950 | 1963 | H. Sumitra | B.D. (Serampore) |
1963 | 1976 | See vacant (overseen by the Church of South India Synod) | |
1976 | 1996 | L. V. Azariah | B.D. (Serampore), Th. M. (WTS) |
1996 | 2004 | C. B. M. Frederick | B.D. (Serampore) |
2004 | 2006 | See vacant (overseen by the Church of South India Synod:) | |
2006 | 2012 | K. B. Yesu Vara Prasad | B.D. (Serampore) |
2012 | 2013 | See vacant (overseen by the Church of South India Synod:) | |
2013 | 2019 | B. D. Prasada Rao | B.D. (Serampore), M.Th. (Serampore) |
2021 | present | P. Issac Vara Prasad | B. Th. (Serampore) |