Frank Whittaker
Frank Whittaker | |
|---|---|
| First Bishop - in - Medak | |
| Native name | మహ గనుడు ఫ్రాంక్ విట్టేకర్ అయ్యాగారు |
| Church | Church of South India |
| Diocese | Medak |
| See | Medak |
| In office | 27 September 1947-March 1960[1] |
| Predecessor | Post created |
| Successor | Eber Priestley |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society |
| Consecration | 27 September 1947[2] |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frank Whittaker 14 December 1894[3] |
| Died | 10 December 1961 (aged 66)[4] Dornakal |
| Buried | Dornakal |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Christianity |
| Occupation | Priesthood |
| Education | Master of Arts[5] |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge[3] |
Frank Whittaker (born 1894;[3] died 1961[4]) was the first Bishop - in - Medak[6] in the Church of South India, with his see in Medak in the Indian state of Hyderabad. Originally a Methodist, he became a bishop when several denominations in India merged to form the Church of South India on 27 September 1947.[7][8]
Earlier, Whittaker had been the first head of the Normal Training College in Medak in India.[9]
Rajaiah David Paul writes that in March 1960,[1] Frank Whittaker vacated the Cathedra paving way for Eber Priestley who was appointed on 1 November 1960[1] the same year and moved over to Dornakal to teach at the Andhra Union Theological College.[4] However, nearly a year later, due to ill health, Frank Whittaker breathed his last in Dornakal on 10 December 1961.[4]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c Rajaiah David Paul, Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India, The Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1972, p.86 [1]
- ^ P. Surya Prakash, Diocese of Karimnagar 133 years and beyond - A story of transformation 1879-2012. [2]
- ^ a b c Rajaiah David Paul, The First Decade: An Account of the Church of South India, The Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958, p.264.[3]
- ^ a b c d The Church of South India, The Indian Missionary Society, Madras, and The National Missionary Society of India Jointly Celebrate the Birth Centenary of Bishop Azariah, the First Indian Bishop and Founder of The Indian Missionary Society and the National Missionary Society, on 5 and 6 October 1974 in Madras, 1974, p.56.[4]
- ^ Sir Stanley Reed, The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who, Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1954, p.961.[5]
- ^ K. M. George, Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997, Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. p. 272.[6]
- ^ "Church Union in South India". Life. 1 December 1947. p. 63 (photo of Whittaker appears on p. 65). Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ Mark Kauffman (photographer) (1 October 1947). "Methodist Bishop Frank Whittaker attending inaugeration of the Church of South India". Life. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ F. Golyer Sackett (1930). Vision and Venture : A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad 1879 - 1929. London: The Cargate Press. p. 185.
- Further reading
- Rajaiah David Paul (1972). Ecumenism in action: a historical survey of the Church of South India.
- F. Golyer Sackett (1930). Vision and Venture : A Record of Fifty Years in Hyderabad 1879 - 1929. London: The Cargate Press.