Diocese of Rayalaseema of the Church of South India

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, a United Protestant denomination.

Diocese of Rayalaseema
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/

History

Rayalaseema diocese was carved on 15 July 1950 out of then Cuddapah Diocese and Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese of the Church of South India.^[1]

Bishops of the Diocese

*Anantapur-Kurnool Diocese

From[A]	Until[B]	Incumbent	Notes (earned theological credentials)
15.9.1947	March 1950	Bunyan Joseph

*Cuddapah Diocese

From[A]	Until[B]	Incumbent	Notes (earned theological credentials)
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)
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)

References

1. S. J. Sampath Kumar, Genesis growth and activities of Rayalaseema diocese of church of south India a historico social study, Sri Krishna Deva Raya University, Anantapur, 2002.

Further reading

• S. J. Sampath Kumar (2002). "Genesis growth and activities of Rayalaseema diocese of church of south India a historico social study". hdl:10603/62670. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• K. M. George (1999). Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997. ISBN 8172145128. OCLC 1039224320.
• Constance M. Millington (1996). Led by the Spirit: a biography of Bishop Arthur Michael Hollis, onetime Anglican Bishop of Madras, and later first moderator of the C.S.I. ISBN 81-7086-189-6.
• Constance M. Millington (1993). An Ecumenical Venture: The History of Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh, 1947-1990. ISBN 81-7086-153-5.
• Rajaiah David Paul (1972). "Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Rajaiah David Paul (1958). "The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)