Bishop of Calcutta

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The Bishop of Calcutta is the senior Anglican prelate responsible for overseeing the church’s spiritual leadership and administration in the Calcutta region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bishop of Calcutta canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican episcopal office ⓘ
religious leadership position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Calcutta region ⓘ
linked to: Kolkata district

Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
associatedWith Anglican missions in eastern India ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata ⓘ
country India ⓘ
denominationalFamily Anglican ⓘ
establishedInPeriod British colonial era ⓘ
follows Anglican polity ⓘ
episcopal church governance ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver diocesan canons in Calcutta ⓘ
diocesan synod of Calcutta ⓘ
hasResponsibility ecumenical relations in the region ⓘ
social and educational institutions of the diocese ⓘ
hasRole chairs diocesan synod ⓘ
chief pastor of the Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
confirms baptized members ⓘ
guardian of doctrine in the diocese ⓘ
ordains clergy in the Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
overseer of church administration in Calcutta region ⓘ
represents the diocese in provincial and communion bodies ⓘ
spiritual leader of the Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
hasTitle Right Reverend ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith British India ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Church of England ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

West Bengal ⓘ
memberOf House of Bishops of the Church of North India ⓘ
officeHolderOf Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
oversees clergy in the Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
parishes in the Diocese of Calcutta ⓘ
participatesIn Lambeth Conference (through the Anglican Communion) ⓘ
linked to: Lambeth Conference
partOf Anglican Communion ⓘ
Church of North India ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
responsibleFor church administration in the Calcutta region ⓘ
spiritual leadership in the Calcutta region ⓘ
seat St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata ⓘ
style The Right Reverend ⓘ
subordinateTo Moderator of the Church of North India ⓘ
tradition Protestant ⓘ
typeOf diocesan bishop ⓘ
uses Anglican liturgical rites ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Diocese of Calcutta → governedBy → Bishop of Calcutta ⓘ
George Edward Lynch Cotton → positionHeld → Bishop of Calcutta ⓘ