The Church of Bangladesh Metropolitan Diocese of Dhaka is the

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and main diocese of Church of Bangladesh (a

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denomination) that was erected in 1956 by dividing the Diocese of Calcutta; the diocese was originally called "East Bengal" and covered all of

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after the

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. It was a part of the Anglican Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon until the formation of the united Protestant Church of Pakistan in 1970, which merged Lutheran, Anglican, and Presbyterian denominations in that country. It became the sole diocese of the Church of Bangladesh upon the church's 30 April 1974 independence. Since it was split to create Kushtia diocese, the bishop of Dhaka has usually also been moderator and

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of the Church of Bangladesh. The other 2 dioceses of Church of Bangladesh are under its governance.

List of bishops

* 1956–1975: James D. Blair (assistant bishop of Calcutta (for East Bengal), 1951–1956) * 1975–2003: B. D. Mondal (consecrated 16 February 1975, Oxford Mission Church) * 2003–2009: Michael S. Baroi (installed 24 January 2003) * 200918 February 2019 (ret.): Paul Shishir Sarker (Moderator 200919 November 2018) * 2019–present:

Samuel Sunil Mankhin Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

References

{{reflist Church of Bangladesh Anglican dioceses in Asia Organisations based in Dhaka 1956 establishments in East Pakistan Christianity in Dhaka