Premaka Gurushantha
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 |
| Successor | Norman C. Sargant |
| Previous post(s) | Principal, Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur (now merged into Karnataka Theological College) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 4 October 1947 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1887 |
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.