Church of North India

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The Church of North India is a member of the World Council of Methodist Churches and the Anglican Church Fellowship , which in 1970 became an independent ecclesiastical province . At the top, as a primate, is a moderator who is a bishop of the 27 dioceses :

St. Paul's Cathedral in Kolkata
diocese Seat bishop
Agra Agra Samuel R Cutting
Amritsar Amritsar Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Car Nicobar Christopher Paul
Barakpur Barakpur Brojen Malakar
Bhopal Bhopal Laxman L. Maida
Calcutta Calcutta Ashok Biswas
Chandigarh Chandigarh Joel Vidyasagar Mal
Chhattisgarh Raipur
Chotanagpur Ranchi BB baskey
Cutack Cutack Samson That
Delhi New Delhi Sunil Kumar Singh
Durgapur Durgapur Probal Kanto Dutta
Eastern Himalayas Darjeeling Naresh Ambala
Gujarat Ahmedabad Vinodkumar Mathushellah Malaviya
Jabalpur Jabalpur Prem Chand Singh
Kolhapur Kolhapur Bathuel Ramchandra Tiwade
Lucknow Prayagraj Maurice Edgar Dan
Marathwada Aurangabad MU Kasab
Mumbai Mumbai Prakash Dinkar Patole
Nagpur Nagpur Paul Dupare
Nashik Ahmednagar Camble Lemuel Pradip
Northeast India Shillong Purely Lyngdoh
Patna Bhagalpur Philip Phembuar Marandih
Phulbani Phulbani Bijay Kumar Nayak
Pune Pune Vijay Bapurao Sathe
Rajasthan Ajmer Warris K. Masih
Sambalpur Balangir Pinuel Dip

Yet the Church of North India is not only made up of Anglicans, but also Methodists and Presbyterians .

Together with the Church of Pakistan , the Church of Bangladesh and the Church of South India , it forms one of the four "united churches" of the Anglican Church Fellowship.

literature

  • Linda Greene: World Methodist Council. Handbook of Information 2002-2006. Biltmore Press, Asheville (NC) 2002
  • ISPCK (Indian Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge): The Constitution of the Church of North India and Bye-Laws as amended upto 9th October, 1986 , Delhi 1987

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