The Diocese of North East India is a diocese of the Church of North India, centred in Shillong, North-East India.
The Diocese of Assam, of the (Anglican) Church of India, Burma and Ceylon, was created from the Diocese of Calcutta in 1915.[1] In 1970, it became a diocese of the united Church of North India; and had its current name by 1986.[2]
Bishops of Assam[edit]
The Church of India, Burma and Ceylon diocese had three bishops prior to Indian independence:
- 1915–1924: Herbert Pakenham-Walsh (1871–1959)
- 1924–1945: George Hubback (1882–1955)
- 1946–1948: Nirod Biswas
and three after:
- 1949–1962: Joseph Amritanand
- 1963–1967: Eric Samuel Nasir
- 1968–1970: Ariel Victor Jonathan
Bishops of North East India[edit]
- 1970–1986: D. D. Pradhan, Bishop of Assam[3]
- 1986–1998: Ernest William Talibuddin[4]
- 1999 – aft. 2015: Purely Lyngdoh[5]
- c. 2017 – present: Michael Herenz[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "A History of the Church of England in India, by Eyre Chatterton (1924)". anglicanhistory.org.
- ^ "India Club – An Introduction to the History of the Anglican Church in North-East India – Contents, Chapter 4". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
- ^ Perry, Cindy L. (1997). "Nepali Around the World: Emphasizing Nepali Christians of the Himalayas".
- ^ http://www.oremus.org/acp/1998.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ http://www.oremus.org/acp/1999.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ https://new.cnisynod.org/visit-to-the-diocese-of-north-east-india/ [permanent dead link]