In 1987,[2] Bishop G. B. Devasahayam resigned from the Bishopric citing health reasons which resulted in sede vacante, a situation akin to the present days when the papacy led by Pope Benedict XVI ended in 2013 on account of health reasons.
The sudden turn of developments led the Church of South India Synod to huddle and announce the appointment of K. E. Swamidass as the Bishop-in-Karimnagar.
[5] During Swamidass's bishopric from 1987-1992, he attended the twelfth Lambeth Conference presided by Robert Runcie then Archbishop of Canterbury.
After serving for nearly six years in the Diocese, Swamidass vacated the Bishopric in 1992 on attaining superannuation resulting in sede vacante.
The Church of South India Synod led by Bird Ryder Devapriyam announced the appointment of the Old Testament Scholar Sanki John Theodore to succeed Swamidass.