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Jabez Cornelius Whitley (20 January 1837 – 13 October 1904) was an
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author and a bishop in India from 1890 until 1904. He was born in London on 20 January 1837 and educated at
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and ordained in 1861. He was an SPG Missionary in Delhi and then
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before his elevation to the episcopate as the inaugural
Bishop of Chota Nagpur The Diocese of Chotanagpur is the jurisdiction of the Church of North India (since 1970) under the episcopal leadership of the Bishop of Chotanagpur. See also *Christianity in India *Church of North India References Anglican ...
. He died on 13 October 1904.''Obituary The Bishop Of Chota Nagpur'' The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1904; pg. 4; Issue 37529; col D


Works

*''Primer of the Mundari Language'', 1896 *''Hindi Catechisms'', 1897 *''Translation of the Didache and the Epistles of St Ignatius'', 1899


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1837 births Anglican clergy from London Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge 19th-century Anglican bishops in Asia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Anglican bishops of Chota Nagpur 1904 deaths {{Anglican-bishop-stub