Diocese of Lucknow (Church of North India)
The Diocese of Lucknow is an Anglican diocese of Church of North India headquartered in the city of Allahabad. The jurisdiction of the diocese mainly covers the Eastern side of Uttar Pradesh.[1]
Diocese of Lucknow | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Eastern Uttar Pradesh |
| Metropolitan | Allahabad |
| Deaneries | Lucknow, Jhansi, Allahabad, Lakhimpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Mirzapur |
| Headquarters | Allahabad |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 73+ |
| Congregations | 73+ |
| Schools | 40+ schools |
| Members | 22000+ |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Church of North India |
| Rite | CNI |
| Cathedral | All Saints Cathedral |
| Co-cathedral | Christ Church Pro Cathedral, Lucknow |
| Patron saint | All canonized Saints before English Reformation |
| Language | English, Hindi, |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Rt. Rev. Rt. Hon. Dr. Peter Baldev |
| Vicar General | Rev. Praveen Massey (Presbyter Incharge of St Peter's CNI Church, Prayagraj) |
| Bishops emeritus | Rt. Rev. Rt. Hon. Dr. Colin Christopher Theodore |
History
Diocese of Lucknow was established in 1893 carving it out from the Diocese of Calcutta. The Diocese was given the name of Lucknow though the mother Cathedral, All Saints Cathedral and Diocesan Headquarters stayed in Allahabad. It was because Allahabad was situated within the legally defined territories of the Diocese of Calcutta.[2]
It practices all the doctrines and liturgy of Church of England in India. The dioceses undertakes all the Anglicanism, United Society Partners in the Gospel formerly the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel (SPG), London Missionary Society (LMS) and Church Missionary Society in India formerly the Church Missionary Society (CMS). It is the biggest Dioceses in Uttar Pradesh and one of the oldest dioceses in north India.
Bishops
The Bishop of Lucknow was the Ordinary of the Anglican Diocese of Lucknow from its inception in 1893 until the foundation of the Church in India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon in 1927 and it's consequent merger with other Protestant Churches to form the Church of North India in 1970; and since then head of one of the united church's biggest Dioceses.
- Rt. Rev. Lord Alfred Clifford 1893-1910
- Most. Rev. Lord George Westcott 1910-1928
- Rt. Rev. Lord Charles Saunders 1928-1938
- Rt. Rev. Lord Sydney bill 1939-1947
- Rt. Rev. Lord Christopher Robinson 1947-1962
- Rt. Rev. Lord Joseph Amritanand 1962-1970
- Most. Rev. Lord Deen Dayal 1970-1976
- Rt. Rev. Raja Yousef
- Rt. Rev. Anil R. Stephen
- Rt. Rev. Morris Edgar Dan - Defrocked in 2013
- Rt. Rev. Dr. Colin Christopher Theodore - Moderator's Episcopal Commissary
- Rev. Daniel Subhan - Moderator's Commissary
- Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Baldev -Present
References
- "Diocese of Lucknow, The Church Of North India" (PDF). Cnisynod.org. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- "A History of the Church of England in India, by Eyre Chatterton (1924)". Anglicanhistory.org. 6 November 1910. Retrieved 13 February 2016.