Hospet Sumitra was the first Bishop in Rayalaseema of the Church of South India.
After graduating from the Central College of Bangalore,Rajaiah David Paul, The first decade: an account of the Church of South India, Christian Literature Society, Chennai, 1958. he studied theology at the United Theological College, Bengaluru between 1910 and 1913 and was among its first students The United Theological College, Directory 1910-1997, Bengaluru, 1997. p. 12. and studied under L. P. Larsen, J. Mathers, F. Kingsbury, G. E. Phillips, W. H. Thorp, D. S. Herrick, and others.
He became a bishop on 29 September 1947 and oversaw the diocese of Cuddapah; Cuddapah was merged with Anantapur-Kurnool in 1950 and Sumitra became the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Rayalaseema.The Living Church, Volume 115, 23 November 1947, p.9
He was Moderator of the Church of South India from 1954 to 1962.
Sumitra died on 19 January 1970The National Christian Council Review, Volume 90, 1970. p. 120 in Bellary, Karnataka.
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