Diocese of Lucknow (Church of North India)
Diocese of Lucknow | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Territory | Eastern Uttar Pradesh |
Deaneries | Lucknow, Jhansi, Allahabad, Lakhimpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Saharanpur |
Headquarters | Allahabad |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 73+ |
Congregations | 73+ |
Schools | 40+ schools |
Members | 22000+ |
Information | |
Denomination | Church of North India |
Cathedral | All Saints Cathedral |
Patron saint | All canonized Saints before English Reformation |
Language | English, Hindi |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Baldev |
The Diocese of Lucknow is a diocese of the Church of North India, headquartered in the city of Allahabad. The jurisdiction of the diocese mainly covers the Eastern side of Uttar Pradesh.[1]
History[]
The diocese of Lucknow was established in 1893 by carving it out from the Diocese of Calcutta. The diocese was given the name of Lucknow although the mother Cathedral, All Saints Cathedral and diocesan headquarters stayed in Allahabad. It was because Allahabad was situated within the legally defined territories of the diocese of Calcutta.[2] It is the biggest Diocese in Uttar Pradesh and one of the oldest dioceses in north India.
Bishops[]
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The Bishop of Lucknow was the Ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Lucknow from its inception in 1893 until the foundation of the Church in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon in 1927 and its consequent merger with other Protestant Churches to form the Church of North India in 1970; and since then head of one of the united church's biggest dioceses.
- Late Rt. Rev. Lord Alfred Clifford 1893–1910
- Late Most. Rev. Lord George Westcott 1910–1928
- Late Rt. Rev. Lord Charles Saunders 1928–1938
- Late Rt. Rev. Lord Sydney Bill 1939–1947
- Late Rt. Rev. Lord Christopher Robinson 1947–1962
- Late Rt. Rev. Lord Joseph Amritanand 1962–1970
- Late Most Rev. Lord 1970–1976
- Late Rt. Rev. Raja Yousef
- Rt. Rev. Anil R. Stephen
- Rt. Rev. Morris Edgar Dan – defrocked in 2013
- Late Rt. Rev. Dr. Colin Christopher Theodore – Moderator's Episcopal Commissary
- Rev. Daniel Subhan – Moderator's Commissary
- Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Baldev – present
References[]
- ^ "Diocese of Lucknow, The Church Of North India" (PDF). Cnisynod.org. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "A History of the Church of England in India, by Eyre Chatterton (1924)". Anglicanhistory.org. 6 November 1910. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
External links[]
- Anglican bishops of Lucknow
- 1893 establishments in India
- Church of North India
- Anglican dioceses in Asia
- Christianity in Uttar Pradesh