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Nirod Biswas
Nirod Kumar Biswas was Bishop of Assam in the mid 20th century. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ..., 1947 Notes Anglican bishops of Assam 20th-century Anglican bishops in India {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Bishop Of Assam
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. In 1970, it became a diocese of the united Church of North India; and had its current name by 1986. Bishops of Assam 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 Nirod Kumar Biswas was Bishop of Assam in the mid 20th century. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the wo ... and three after: *1949–1962: Joseph Amritanand *1963–1967: Eric Samuel Nasir *1968–1970: Ariel Victor Jonathan Bishops of North East India *1970–1986: D. D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hubback
George Clay Hubback was an Anglican priest in the mid twentieth century. Born on 7 April 1882 he was educated at Rossall School and Liverpool University and began his career as a Civil Engineer before being ordained for the priesthood in 1910. After a curacy at St Anne's, South Lambeth he was with the Oxford Mission to India until 1924 when he became Bishop of Assam. In 1945 he was translated to Bishop of Calcutta and with it the title of Metropolitan of India. He retired in 1950 and died on 2 November 1955.'' Bishop Hubback''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ... Friday, 4 November 1955; pg. 11; Issue 53369; col D Notes 1882 births 1955 deaths People educated at Rossall School Alumni of the University of Liverpool English Anglican m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Amritanand
Joseph Amritanand was Bishop of Calcutta in the mid 20th century. He was consecrated a bishop on Pentecost day (5 June), by George Hubback, Bishop of Calcutta, at St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta and served as Bishop of Assam until 1962, when he translated to Lucknow in 1962, then under the ''Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon'' (1948–1970). He was the first Bishop of Calcutta after the 1970 establishment of the Church of North India. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ..., 1947 References Anglican bishops of Assam Anglican bishops of Calcutta Anglican bishops of Lucknow 20th-century Anglican bishops in India {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Bishops Of Assam
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
