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The Bishop of Calcutta exercises episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India. Image File history File links Ichthus. ... A mitre is used as a symbol of the bishops ministry. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... The Church of North India has united various denominations and missions and orders in India. ...

The diocese was made an Episcopal See of the former Province of India and Ceylon by Letters patent on October 10, 1835 and remained as part of the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma, and Ceylon until 1970. In 1970, the Church of the Province of Myanmar, Church of Ceylon and the Church of Pakistan was separated from the province. A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting an office, a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Church of Pakistan is a protestant united church in Pakistan, which is part of the Anglican Communion. ...

The Anglican dioceses in Northern India merged with the United Church of Northern India (Congregationalist and Presbyterian), The Methodist Church (British and Australian Conferences), the Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India, the Church of the Brethren in India, and the Disciples of Christ to form the Church of North India in the same year.

The diocese currently has jurisdiction over the corporation limits of Calcutta and the Districts of Hooghly & Howrah in the state of West Bengal. The bishop's seat (cathedra) is located in the city of Calcutta at St. Paul's Cathedral. The current bishop is the Right Reverend P.S.P. Raju. This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... It has been proposed below that Hooghly District be renamed and moved to Hooghly district. ... Howrah is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... West Bengal   (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. ... The cathedra of the Pope in the apse of St. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... St. ...

Succession

This is an incomplete list of people who have served as the Bishop of Calcutta.

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See also

• Christianity in India
• Church of North India

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External links

• Chapter XXVII. The Mother Diocese of Calcutta, 1815 - A History of the Church of England in India, SPCK, 1924
• Diocese of Kolkata - Church of North India

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