Bobbili Prabhudass
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Bishop Babbili Prabhudass CSI |
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| Bishop | |
| Native name | మహ గనుడు బబిల్లి (బొబ్బిలి) ప్రభుదస్ అయ్యగరు |
| Church | Church of South India |
| Diocese | Karimnagar |
| See | CSI-Wesley Cathedral, Karimnagar |
| In office | 1978-1982 |
| Predecessor | Position created |
| Successor | G. Benjamin Devasahayam |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1978, CSI-Wesley Cathedral, Karimnagar by The Most Reverend N. D. Ananda Rao Samuel (Principal Consecrator) and The Right Reverend Solomon Doraiswamy (Co-consecrator) |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Babbili (Bobbili) Prabhudass |
| Died | 1996 |
| Buried |
Christian Cemetery, Narayanguda,Hyderabad 17.4000° N, 78.0167° E |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Occupation | Priesthood |
| Previous post |
Priest, Diocese of Dornakal, Church of South India (1945-1974) Lecturer, United Theological College, Bangalore(1974-1977) |
| Education | B.D.,M. Th., |
| Alma mater | United Theological College, Bangalore |
Bishop Babbili Prabhudass(died 1996) was the first elected Bishop - in - Karimnagar Diocese of the Church of South India which was ecclesiastically bifurcated from the Diocese of Dornakal of the Church of South India in early 1978. Prabhudass led the bishopric for a period of five years from 1978 through 1982.
Prior to assuming the ecclesiastical office of the Bishop, Prabhudass was a Seminary Teacher from 1974-1977 during the Principalship of the Systematic Theologian Joshua Russell Chandran at a fully-ecumenicalUnited Theological College, Bangalore, a Theologiate in Bangalore which had co-faculty drawn from the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate-Dharmaram College in Bangalore.
After Prabhudass discerned his avocation to become a Priest, the Diocese of Dornakal led by V. S. Azariah sent him for ministerial formation to the United Theological College, Bangalore, one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University) where he pursued a spiritual course leading to Bachelor of Divinity between 1941-1945 during the Principalship of Max Hunter Harrison. Other companions of Prabhudass during that period who were studying at varying intervals included A. E. Inbanathan, C. Arangaden, J. R. Chandran, S. J. Samartha, B. G. Prasada Rao and others. Prabhudass was awarded the degree of B.D. during ensuing convocation of the University during the Registrarship of The Rev. C. E. Abraham.
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