Diocese of Nagpur (Church of North India)

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Diocese of Nagpur
Location
Country India
Information
Denomination Church of North India
Rite CNI
CathedralAll Saints' Cathedral, Nagpur
Current leadership
BishopRt. Rev Andrew Rathore

The Diocese of Nagpur is an Anglican diocese of Church of North India headquartered in the city of Nagpur. [1]

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Bishops

The Bishop of Nagpur was the Ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Nagpur from its inception in 1903 until the foundation of the Church in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon in 1927; and since then head of one of the united church's dioceses.

TenureIncumbentNotes
1903–1926 Eyre Chatterton (1863–1950)
1926–1937 Alex Wood , OBE(born 1863)
1937–1949 Alexander Ogilvy Hardy (born 1891)
1949–1954 George Sinker , MA(1900–1986)
1954–1957 S. A. Pathak Full name: Sadanand Appaji Pathak (1906–1957)
1957–1970 J. W. Sadiq (born 1910)
1971–1984Ramchandra Shivapa Bhandarrebishop of Nagpur after the inauguration of the Church of North India.
1984–2000Vinod Peterdied in a road accident.
10 June 2001 P.M.Dhotekar Full name: Bishop Premkumar Moshe Dhotekar (2001–2003)

Bishop Dhotekar and Bishop Nayak of Phulbani Diocese were unconstitutionally terminated from the office of episcopa as they attended the consecration ceremony of Metropolitan K.P.Yohannan of Believer's Church of India and laid hands on him to bless.

10 Sep 2004 to 2021 Paul Dupare

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References

  1. "Nagpur Diocese, CNI". ndccni.org. Retrieved 8 November 2021.