Joseph Amritanand was Bishop of Calcutta in the mid 20th century. He was consecrated a bishop on

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, Bishop of Calcutta, at St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta and served as Bishop of Assam until 1962, when he translated to

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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

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.Joseph Amritanand Bishop of Calcutta, CNI 1970 – 1982
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, 1947

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