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{{Primary sources|date=April 2023}}{{Infobox Christian leader<br />
| type = Bishop<br />
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency<br />
| name = Gallela Prasad<br />
| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah|Bishop emeritus of Cuddapah]]<br />
| church = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| archdiocese =<br />
| diocese =<br />
| see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah|Cuddapah]]<br />
| appointed = 31 January 2008<br />
| term_end = 10 December 2018<br />
| predecessor = [[D. M. Prakasam]]<br />
| successor = <br />
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| ordination = 1 March 1989<br />
| ordained_by = [[Matthew Cheriankunnel]]<br />
| consecration = 1 March 2008<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Marampudi Joji]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|4|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Adoni]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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| previous_post = Professor of Christian Doctrine, [[St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate)|St. John's Regional Seminary]], [[Kothavalasa]]<br />
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'''Gallela Prasad''' (born 7 April 1962) is an Indian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who served as the Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah|Cuddapah]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], from 2008 to 2018.<br />
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He is well versed in [[Latin language|Latin]] as well as [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and English.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Prasad was born the fourth and youngest child in a family of teachers in [[Adoni]] in Andhra Pradesh. Smt. Mariamma and Sri Jojappa were his parents. He went to school in his hometown and later attended St. Pius Minor Seminary in Kurnool.<ref name="Vani">Kurnool Vani, Newsletter of the Kurnool Diocese, Volume XXI, Number 3, March 2008</ref><ref name="Radio">Vatican Radio, The voice of the Pope and the Church in dialogue with the world, 31 January 2008 [https://archive.today/20130415194842/http://www.radiovaticana.org/in2/Articolo.asp?c=183580]</ref><br />
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He studied philosophy at [[St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate)|St. John's Regional Seminary]], Kondadaba, Visakhapatnam,<ref name="Vani" /> and then theology at the [[St. John's Regional Seminary]] in [[Ramanthapur]], [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]].<br />
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On 1 March 1989, Prasad was ordained a priest of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool|Catholic Diocese of Kurnool]] by Bishop [[Mathew Cheriankunnel]].<ref name="Vani" /> After his ordination, Prasad served as a Youth Services Director of the diocese of Kurnool from 1989 to 1993<ref name="Vani" /> as well as a warden for St. Mary's Junior College, Kurnool from 1989 to 1990.<br />
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From 1990 to 1995, he was a parish priest in Koilakunta.<ref name="Vani" /><ref name="amruthavani.com">Amruthavani Communications Centre, Hyderabad, Brief History of the Diocese of Kurnool [http://www.amruthavani.com/diocese_kurnool.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421130445/http://www.amruthavani.com/diocese_kurnool.htm |date=21 April 2008 }}</ref> He also served as Spiritual Director of the [[Legion of Mary]] from 1993 to 1995.<ref name="Vani" /><br />
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From 1995 to 1999 Prasad studied in Rome at the [[Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)|Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas ''Angelicum'']] where he earned a [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|Doctorate of Sacred Theology]] degree.<ref name="Radio" /> His thesis was entitled ''Christian Charity as Witnessed by Mother Teresa of Calcutta''.<ref>Gallela Prasad, ''Christian Charity as Witnessed by Mother Teresa of Calcutta'', 1999. [https://books.google.com/books?id=xuFtGwAACAAJ&dq=gallela+prasad]</ref> On returning to India in 1999, he was Pastor in St. John's Church, Uppaladadiya<ref name="amruthavani.com" /> till 2000.<ref name="Vani" /> From 2000 to 2004 he served as a pastor in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo|Diocese of San Angelo]], Texas, U.S.<ref name="Vani" /><br />
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In 2004, he was made Spiritual Director and Professor of Christian Doctrine in the [[St. John's Regional Seminary (Philosophate)]] in [[Kothavalasa]], Visakhapatnam.<ref name="Vani" /><br />
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[[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed Prasad Bishop of Cuddapah on 31 January 2008.<ref name=Radio/> He was consecrated on 1 March 2008 at the St. Mary's Old Cathedral Grounds, Mariapuram, Cuddapah,<ref>{{cite news|date= 2 March 2008 | title= Prasad sworn in as Kadapa Bishop | url= http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250080200.htm | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080306003414/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/02/stories/2008030250080200.htm | url-status= dead | archive-date= 6 March 2008 |work= [[The Hindu]] | accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref> by [[Marampudi Joji]], Archbishop of Hyderabad, with Kagithapu Mariadas, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam and the [[D. M. Prakasam]], Bishop of Nellore as co-consecrators. Almost all the Catholic Bishops of the Andhra region took part in the consecration. Among the [[ecumenical]] invitees was K. B. Yesuvaraprasad, the [[Church of South India]]'s Bishop of Rayalaseema.<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=502 Anglican Communion diocese page for Rayalseema]</ref> He chose as his episcopal motto {{lang|la|Ego sum Pastor bonus}} or "I am the good shepherd".<br />
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In June 2018, two lay Catholics initiated a lawsuit against Gallela, charging that he misappropriated church funds to support his wife and 20-year-old son. Gallela denied the charges and the woman was his brother's widow, misidentified as his wife in certain deeds.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/married-catholic-bishop-faces-court-case-embezzlement | work = National Catholic Reporter | agency = Matters India | accessdate = 10 December 2018 | date= 3 August 2018 | title ='Married' Catholic bishop faces court case for embezzlement| first = Jose | last = Kavi }}</ref><ref name=np>{{cite news | url = https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/indian-bishop-accused-of-misusing-funds-for-family-resigns | work = National Post | agency = Associated Press | accessdate = 10 December 2018 | date= 10 December 2018 | title = Indian bishop accused of misusing funds for family resigns}}</ref> [[Pope Francis]] accepted his resignation as bishop on 10 December 2018.<ref name=np/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgallela.html Catholic Hierarchy, Bishop Prasad]{{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}<br />
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