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{{family name hatnote|Prasada Rao|Rao}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = B. G. Prasada Rao, [[Church of South India|CSI]]
| title = [[Bishop in Medak]]
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = [[Church of South India]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese =
| see = [[Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India|Medak]]
| term = 1976–1981<ref name="George"/>
| predecessor = [[H. D. L. Abraham]]
| successor = P. [[Victor Premasagar]]

| ordination = 1948
| ordinated_by =
| consecration = 1976
| consecrated_by =
| rank =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1916|12|29}}<ref name="Sowing Circle" />
| birth_place = [[Karimnagar]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<ref name="Sowing Circle" />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1998|06|24|1916|12|29}}<ref name="Sowing Circle" />
| death_place = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<ref name="Sowing Circle" />
| previous_post = Auxiliary Secretary of the [[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]], [[Secunderabad]]
}}

'''B. G. Prasada Rao''' (Bollam Gnana Prasada Rao;<ref name="Sowing Circle">''Sowing Circle - The Bulletin of the Bible Society of India'', Volume 13, Number 3, September–December 1998, Bengaluru. p.14.</ref> 1916–1998) was the third successor of [[Frank Whittaker]] as [[Bishop in Medak]].

==Studies==
Prasada Rao studied theology at the [[United Theological College (Bangalore)|United Theological College]],<ref name="Sowing Circle" /> [[Bengaluru]] between 1941 and 1945<ref name="Directory">The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. pp. 21 and 103. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yCvXPgAACAAJ&dq]</ref> along with [[Joshua Russell Chandran]] and [[Stanley Jedidiah Samartha]], and again between 1953 and 1956 when he undertook an [[M.Th.]]<ref name="Directory" />

==Leadership==
When the Evangelist <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1EhUAAAAMAAJ&q= ''Indian Railways'', Volume 31, 1986, p.14]</ref> [[A. B. Masilamani]] retired as the Auxiliary Secretary of the [[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]], Prasada Rao<ref>''Annual Report of the American Bible Society'', American Bible Society, 1975. p. 105.[https://books.google.com/books?id=FMfeAAAAMAAJ&q=]</ref> was appointed<ref name="Sowing Circle" /> in 1969<ref name="Sakshi">''Prema Sakshi'', Volume 6, Issue 4, August 2008. pp.11-41. ''Prema Sakshi'', a monthly registered (APTEL 07419/01/2002) magazine published by I. C. Ashok Kumar at Neena Publications, Door Number 1-5-4/1/A, First Floor, Behind Sai Raja Deluxe Cinema, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 500 048.</ref> by rural Pastor, [[A. E. Inbanathan]], the then General Secretary of the [[Bible Society of India]]. Then Bishop - in - Medak, [[H. D. L. Abraham]] loaned the services of Prasada Rao to the [[Bible Society of India]]. It was during Prasada Rao's tenure at the Bible Society of India that Common Language Translation of the Telugu Bible (Old Testament) was undertaken by Suppogu Israel and G. Babu Rao. Incidentally, G. Babu Rao later became the Auxiliary Secretary between 1998 and 2001.
In 1975, [[H. D. L. Abraham]] retired from the Bishopric of Medak on reaching superannuation. B. G. Prasada Rao also contested the vacant Bishopric and was declared elected by the then Moderator<ref name="George">K. 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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zmjZAAAAMAAJ&q=]</ref> of the Synod of the Church of South India, [[N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel]].

Prasada Rao was principally consecrated in 1976 by [[N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel]], then Moderator.

In 1981, Prasada Rao retired from the Bishopric on reaching superannuation and became Coordinator and Director for the Haggai Institute of World Evangelism.<ref>Light of Life, Volume 38, Published by V. J. Salins at GLS Press for The Society, Mumbai, 1996. p.62. [https://books.google.com/books?id=q9baAAAAMAAJ&q=]</ref>

==References==
;Notes
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;Further reading
* {{cite journal
| author=Rajaiah David Paul
| title=Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India
| year=1972
| volume=
| issue=
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=5cpWAAAAMAAJ&q=
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=K. M. George
| title=Church of South India: life in union, 1947-1997
| year=1999
| volume=
| issue=
| url =https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=
}}
* {{cite journal
| author=I. C. Ashok Kumar
| title=Prema Sakshi, a monthly registered (APTEL 07419/01/2002) magazine published by at Neena Publications, Door Number 1-5-4/1/A, First Floor, Behind Sai Raja Deluxe Cinema, Musheerabad, Hyderabad 500 048.
| date=August 2008
| volume=6
| issue=4
| url =
}}

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{{Succession box| before=[[A. B. Masilamani]], [[CBCNC]] 1963–1969| title=Auxiliary Secretary [[Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary]]
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{{Succession box| before=[[H. D. L. Abraham]], [[Church of South India|CSI]] 1969–1975 | title=Bishop in Medak | after=[[Victor Premasagar]], [[Church of South India|CSI]] 1983–1992 | years=1976–1981}}
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