Victor Premasagar
| Victor Premasagar | |
|---|---|
| Bishop | |
| Church | Church of South India |
| See | Medak |
| In office | 1983–1992 |
| Predecessor | B. G. Prasada Rao |
| Successor | B. P. Sugandhar |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1983 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 October 1927 Medak, Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | 1 December 2005 (aged 78) St. Joseph's General Hospital, Guntur |
| Previous post | General Secretary of the Church of South India |
Victor Premasagar (Medak, 1927 – Guntur, 2005) was the fourth successor of Frank Whittaker as Bishop in Medak. He was an Indian churchman and Old Testament scholar. He also became Moderator of the Church of South India.
Premasagar was born in Medak and was raised a Christian in what is now the Church of South India. In addition to the ancient Indian epics, his boyhood was filled with stories from the Bible. In the foreword to Promise in the Ancestral Narratives, his doctoral dissertation, Premasagar made mention of the Biblical stories that his mother told during his childhood and the promise they held. He completed his schooling from Wesley School in Secunderabad. It was around this time that he to study divinity.
He completed his college studies from the century-old Andhra-Christian College (under Andhra University), Guntur. His contemporaries there included N.T. Rama Rao (a film actor and later Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh) among others. Premasagar was involved in athletics. Football and tennis being his favourite sport.[7]
Victor went to the United Theological College in Bangalore and took his Bachelor of Divinity. While at UTC, Bangalore, his classmates included Rev. Dr. E. C. John (another Old Testament scholar and later the Principal of the United Theological College), Rev. Dr. Sam Amirtham (a renowned figure in the World Council of Churches), Rev. N. D. Anandarao Samuel (Bishop-in-Krishna Godavari and Moderator of the Church of South India in the 1970s), Rev. Dr. C. D. Jathanna (another Old Testament scholar who later was the Principal of Karnataka Theological College as well as Bishop-in-Karnataka Central of the Church of South India) among others.
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