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 :
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
Web links
- The Church of North India (English)