Emani Sambayya

Early life and education Emani Sambayya was born in Bodipalem in Andhra Pradesh for a diploma course.

In 1949, Sambayya was sent to the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York for post-graduate studies in Moral Theology. In the continuing year, he was awarded an S.T.M. Sambayya's post-graduate dissertation was entitled The Eucharistic doctrine of Richard Hooker and Herbert Throndike

Contribution Emani Sambayya first served as the Secretary of the Student Christian Movement and was based in Allahabad from 1935 to 1938. In Anglicanism, he felt a sense of togetherness as it was a mix of Catholic and Reformed traditions. Kevin Ward in A History of Global Anglicanism mentions this particular aspect which Sambayya endorsed.

Inspired by Anglicanism, Sambayya wrote The Genius of the Anglican Communion in 1948.

Theological education From 1941 through 1968, Sambayya taught Theology at Bishop's College, Kolkata. He was first made a Lecturer in 1941 replacing Rev. John William Sadiq. in place of Canon Manuel. The Christian Message and the Non-Christian Religions.

Books The Eucharistic Doctrine of Richard Hooker and Herbert Throndike (1950). Faith and Conduct: An Introduction to Moral Theology, Christian Students Library, Chennai, 1965.

Senate of Serampore India's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) in West Bengal conferred upon Emani Sambayya an honorary doctorate in 1961

Emani Sambayya also served as the President of the Senate of Serampore College (University) in 1968.

Retirement and death In 1972, the Calcutta Municipal Gazette reported that Sambayya died while living in his residence in Bengaluru.