Diocese of Calcutta

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The Diocese of Calcutta is an Anglican ecclesiastical jurisdiction in eastern India, centered in Kolkata and historically one of the oldest and most prominent dioceses of the Church of North India.

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Label Occurrences
Diocese of Calcutta canonical 7

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican diocese ⓘ
ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
affiliation Anglican Communion (through Church of North India) ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion
cathedral St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata ⓘ
churchTradition Anglican ⓘ
country India ⓘ
denomination Church of North India ⓘ
establishedAsAnglicanDiocese 1814 ⓘ
followsPolity episcopal polity ⓘ
formerName Calcutta ⓘ
governedBy Bishop of Calcutta ⓘ
hasParishesIn Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

suburban West Bengal ⓘ
headquarters Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
historicalJurisdiction British India ⓘ
historicalStatus metropolitan see for much of British India ⓘ
isOneOf most prominent dioceses of the Church of North India ⓘ
oldest dioceses of the Church of North India ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
liturgicalStyle Anglican liturgy ⓘ
locatedIn eastern India ⓘ
mergedInto Church of North India ⓘ
notableBuilding St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata ⓘ
partOf Church of North India ⓘ
primaryCathedralFunction seat of the Bishop of Calcutta ⓘ
regionServed Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
rite Protestant ⓘ
seeCity Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata → governingBody → Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
George Edward Lynch Cotton → diocese → Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
Anglican dioceses of northern India → hasMember → Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
Bishop of Calcutta → appliesToJurisdiction → Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
Bishop of Calcutta → officeHolderOf → Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
St. John’s Church, Kolkata → diocese → Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ