The Diocese of North East India is a

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of the

Church of North India The Church of North India (CNI) is the dominant united Protestant church in northern India. It was established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the Protestant churches working in northern India. It is a province of the worldwide Anglica ...

, centred in

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. The Diocese of Assam, of the (Anglican)

Church of India, Burma and Ceylon The Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) was the autonomous ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in British India. The first Anglican diocese in India was established in 1813, the Diocese of Calcutta, which became the metropol ...

, was created from the Diocese of Calcutta in 1915. In 1970, it became a diocese of the united

; 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:

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(1882–1955) *1946–1948:

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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. Pradhan, Bishop of Assam *1986–1998: Ernest William Talibuddin *1999aft. 2015: Purely Lyngdoh *c. 2017present: Michael Herenzhttps://new.cnisynod.org/visit-to-the-diocese-of-north-east-india/

References

1915 establishments in India Church of India, Burma and Ceylon Church of North India Anglican dioceses in Asia {{India-hist-stub