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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = Hospet Sumitra
| title = [[Rayalaseema Diocese of the Church of South India|Bishop in Rayalaseema]]
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = [[Church of South India]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese = [[Rayalaseema Diocese of the Church of South India|Rayalaseema]]
| see =
| term = 1950–1963<ref name="George">K. M. George, ''Church of South India: life in union, 1947–1997'', Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. [https://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=]</ref>
| predecessor = -
| successor = [[L. V. Azariah]]

| ordination =
| ordinated_by =
| consecration = 1947
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1888|11|13}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1970|01|19|1888|11|13}}<ref name="NCCI"/>
| death_place = [[Bellary]], [[Karnataka]]
| previous_post = Bishop in Cuddapah
}}

'''Hospet Sumitra''' was the first [[Rayalaseema Diocese of the Church of South India|Bishop in Rayalaseema]] of the [[Church of South India]].<ref name="George"/>

After graduating from the [[Central College of Bangalore]],<ref>Rajaiah David Paul, ''The first decade: an account of the Church of South India'', Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mNEsAAAAIAAJ&q=hospet+sumitra&dq=hospet+sumitra&cd=8]</ref> he studied theology at the [[United Theological College (Bangalore)|United Theological College]], [[Bengaluru]] between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students<ref>The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p. 12. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yCvXPgAACAAJ&dq]</ref> and studied under L. P. Larsen, J. Mathers, F. Kingsbury, G. E. Phillips, W. H. Thorp, D. S. Herrick, and others.
He was Moderator of the [[Church of South India]] from 1954 to 1962.<ref name="George"/>

Sumitra died on 19 January 1970<ref name="NCCI">[https://books.google.com/books?id=jwrZAAAAMAAJ&q=hospet+sumitra&dq=hospet+sumitra&cd=4 The National Christian Council Review, Volume 90, 1970. p. 120]</ref> in [[Bellary]], [[Karnataka]].

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal
| author=Rajaiah David Paul
| title=Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India
| year=1972
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=5cpWAAAAMAAJ&q=
}}
;Notes
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{{Succession box| before=[[Frank Whittaker]] | title=Deputy Moderator [[Church of South India]] | after=[[Lesslie Newbigin]] | years=1952–1954}}
{{Succession box| before=[[Arthur Michael Hollis]] | title=Moderator [[Church of South India]] | after=[[Arnold Legg]] | years=1954–1962}}
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