Church of North India
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 :
diocese | Seat | bishop |
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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
Web links
- The Church of North India (English)