12 Facts About Peter Sugandhar

Peter Sugandhar strove for ecumenism and led the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Federation of Churches, a society that incorporates bishops of the Roman Catholic, Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, and Indigenous Church traditions.

In 2000, Peter Sugandhar was one of the Anglican Participants at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

Peter Sugandhar participated in the governance of these two seminaries as a member of the respective Seminary societies on the board of governors of Andhra Christian Theological College and on the Council of the United Theological College.

Vasantha Rao, who presently heads the United Theological College, Bangalore acknowledges the efforts of Sugandhar in promoting higher theological education during his spiritual formation period leading to M Th.

Bishop Sugandhar served as the vice-president of the Bible Society of India Andhra Pradesh Auxiliary during the terms of Auxiliary Secretaries, L Prakasam, CBCNC in the 1990s followed by G Babu Rao, CBCNC and was involved in promotion and distribution of the Bible throughout Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Peter Sugandhar contributed to theological writings, both as a pastor and later as a bishop, among which are,.

In 1968, Sugandhar completed his ministerial formation period and subsequently in the year 1969, the Senate of Serampore College, then led by Registrar C Devasahayam, CBCNC, awarded the degree of Bachelor of Divinity during its annual convocation.

Abraham, Peter Sugandhar was ordained as a pastor of the Diocese of Medak at the Medak Cathedral in Medak.

Peter Sugandhar was presbyter-in-charge at the Church of St John the Baptist, Secunderabad before being consecrated as the Bishop in Medak.

Peter Sugandhar first began attending the Synods of the Church of South India when he went along with his Bishop Victor Premasagar and represented the Medak Diocesan Council at the Synods.

However, after assuming the bishopric, Peter Sugandhar began participating with full leadership beginning with the Trichy Synod held in 1994 and from that point of time onwards, he had attended two sessions in 1996 in Coimbatore and in 1998 in Madanapalle but first contested the Synod only in 2000.

Peter Sugandhar represented the CSI as a delegate for the EMS Mission Council in 2002 and was elected as president, CSI Council of North America in 2005.