Samuel Kanaka Prasad

In this article, the surname is Thalari, not Kanaka Prasad.

Bishop Emeritus T. S. Kanaka Prasad^[3] 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.

Bishop Emeritus T. S. Kanaka Prasad, CSI Ayyagaru
Bishop Emeritus–in–Medak
Church	Church of South India (A Uniting church comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anglican missionary societies – SPG, WMMS, LMS, Basel Mission, 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
Previous post	Pastor
Orders
Ordination	1983[1] by Bishop Victor Premasagar
Consecration	17 August 2009[2] 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

Ministerial formation

During the bishopric of H. D. L. Abraham, Kanaka Prasad entered the priesthood and studied spirituality in ecclesiastical institutions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Andhra Pradesh

Ramayapatnam

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^[4] where he was also taught by the Old Testament scholar, G. Solomon and the Church historian R. Joseph.

Rajahmundry

After a year of study at Ramayapatnam, Kanaka Prasad moved to the Andhra Christian Theological College^[4] 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.^[4]

Telangana

Kanaka Prasad then studied at the Andhra Christian Theological College, which by then had moved to Hyderabad,^[4] during the period of the Old Testament scholars, Victor Premasagar, CSI and G. Babu Rao, CBCNC.

Bishopric

When B. P. Sugandhar retired from the bishopric, T. S. Kanaka Prasad contested the vacant bishopric and was elected as the eighth Bishop in Medak and consecrated on 17 August 2009 at the CSI-Medak Cathedral by then Moderator, The Most Reverend John Wilson Gladstone, the principal consecrator and The Right Reverend Christopher Asir, the co-consecrator in the presence of bishops including S. J. Theodore, Bishop - in - Karimnagar, P. J. Lawrence Bishop - in - Nandyal and others as well as clergy from the Diocese of Medak led by A. C. Solomon Raj, who succeeded Kanaka Prasad to the bishopric of Medak.