Hospet Sumitra

Hospet Sumitra was the first Rayalaseema [Diocese of the Church of South India|Bishop in Rayalaseema] of the Church of South India.
After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore, he studied theology at the United [Theological College (Bangalore)|United Theological College], Bengaluru between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students and studied under L. P. Larsen, J. Mathers, F. Kingsbury, G. E. Phillips, W. H. Thorp, D. S. Herrick, and others.
He became a bishop on 29 September 1947 and oversaw the diocese of Cuddapah; Cuddapah was merged with Anantapur-Kurnool in 1950 and Sumitra became the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Rayalaseema.
He was Moderator of the Church of South India from 1954 to 1962.
Sumitra died on 19 January 1970 in Bellary, Karnataka.