Diocesan (disambiguation)

Last updated March 25, 2019

Diocesan is derived from the words Diocese and Dio.

The word diocese is derived from the Greek term dioikesis (διοίκησις) meaning "administration". Today, when used in an ecclesiastical sense, it refers to the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

Diocesan may also refer to:

St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School, India
Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong
Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong
Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland), New Zealand

St. John's Diocesan Girls' H.S. School,, is situated in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal state, India. It was established in 1876 at Sarat Bose and Elgin roads in South Kolkata.

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest secondary schools in the city. The school's mission is "to provide a liberal education based on Christian principles". Having run as a grant-aided school since it was founded, the school commenced operation in the Direct Subsidy Scheme in September 2003. It uses English as the medium of instruction.

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