The Church of South India Synod consecrated Muthyalu in 1947 at St. George's Cathedral, Chennai as the first Bishop - in - Krishna Godavari.
[7] In 1954, when Muthyalu died[1] suddenly, the Church of South India Synod confabulated and sent A.
Rajaiah David Paul who authored The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India[8] wrote the following lines about the early life of Yeddu Muthyalu, The Right Reverend Yeddu Muthyalu was the son of a soldier.
Shortly after his father's death, his mother came under the influence of the missionaries in Masulipatnam[9] and in spite of much persecution, decided to be baptized.
Her little son with equal determination threw in his lot with his mother, and neither blows nor threats would keep him from becoming a Christian with her.