Assistant Bishop - in - Mysore (1966-1968) Bishop - in - Medak (1969-1975)
The Right Reverend
Church
Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian and Anglican missionary societies – ABCFM, SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, CMS, and the Church of England)
Diocese
Mysore (present day Karnataka Northern, Karnataka Southern and Karnataka Central)
Medak
In office
1969–1975[1]
Predecessor
Position created (in Mysore) Eber Priestley, CSI (in Medak)
Successor
Position discontinued (in Mysore) B. G. Prasada Rao, CSI (in Medak)
Orders
Ordination
1940, Adoni[2] by C. B. Firth of the London Missionary Society
Consecration
17 November 1966[3] by Norman C. Sargant, CSI
Rank
Bishop
Personal details
Born
Henry Divakara Luther Abraham
(1908-02-08)8 February 1908[2]
Vikarabad, Hyderabad state
Died
1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 78)[2] Bellary, Karnataka
Spiritual Formator, Union Kanarese Seminary, Tumkur (1956-1962)
Assistant Bishop - in - Mysore (1966-1968)
Education
B.A.[6] (Madras)
B.D.[5] (Serampore)
Alma mater
Wardlaw High School,[2] Bellary,
Ceded Districts College, Anantapur,[4]
United Theological College, Bangalore[5]
Henry Diwakar Luther Abraham (8 February 1908 – 1 January 1987)[2] (H. D. L. Abraham;[7] known as Luther)[8] was the second successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop in Medak and an able administrator.[1]
^ abK. M. George, Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947–1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. p. 56.[1]
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^The Church of England Year Book, Volume 2006, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Great Britain, 1975. p.235. [2]
^Medak Cathedral – Third Bishop Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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