T. S. Kanaka Prasad

Bishop Emeritus T. S. Kanaka Prasad CSI
Bishop Emeritus–in–Medak
Native name	మహ గనుడు శామ్యూల్ కనక ప్రసాద్ అయ్యాగారు
Church	Protestant Church of South India (comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational and Anglican missionary societies - SPG, WMMS, LMS, CMS, and the Church of England)
Diocese	Diocese of Medak
See	Medak
Appointed	2009
Predecessor	B. P. Sugandhar, CSI
Successor	A. C. Solomon Raj, CSI
Orders
Ordination	by Bishop Victor Premasagar
Consecration	17 August 2009 by The Most Reverend J. W. Gladstone, Moderator and Principal Consecrator and The Right Reverend Christopher Asir, Deputy Moderator and Co-consecrator
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1950-08-05)August 5, 1950 Telangana
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Christianity
Residence	Secunderabad
Parents	Smt. Esther and Sri Thalari Samuel
Occupation	Priesthood
Previous post	Pastor

Bishop Emeritus T. S. Kanaka Prasad was the sixth successor of Frank Whittaker and seventh Bishop–in–Medak for the Diocese of Medak of the Church of South India (CSI) during the period 2009–2012.

During the Bishopric of H. D. L. Abraham, Kanaka Prasad took into Priesthood and studied spirituality in ecclesiastical institutions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Kanaka Prasad first underwent a year of propadeutic studies at the STBC-Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological College in Ramayapatnam in Nellore district during the Principalship of Louis F. Knoll where he was also taught by the Old Testament Scholar, G. Solomon and the Church historian R. Joseph.

After a year of study at Ramayapatnam, Kanaka Prasad moved to the Andhra Christian Theological College then located at Rajahmundry where he enrolled for spiritual studies during the Principalship of W. D. Coleman and studied under notable faculty including G. Devasahayam, W. P. Peery, G. Solomon, M. Victor Paul, S. Joseph, Victor Premasagar, B. E. Devaraj, Eric J. Lott, Muriel Spurgeon Carder and Waldo Penner.