Premaka Gurushantha (born 2 September 1887, died 1950) was the first[1][4] bishop in the Church of South India Diocese of Mysore.
Gurushantha studied divinity at the United Theological College, Bangalore between 1912 and 1916[5] Gurushantha hailed from a Methodist background; in 1947 he was consecrated as bishop along with eight others at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai.
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