Diocese of Mumbai (Church of North India)
The Diocese of Mumbai of the
Anglican diocese covering metropolitan Mumbai and the state of Maharashtra. The cathedra seat of the Bishop of Mumbai is St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai
.
Historically known as the Diocese of Bombay from its inception in 1837, it was a diocese of
Presidency of Bombay".[2]
It is headed by the Anglican Bishop of Bombay.
References
- ^ The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1940. p. 455.
The three dioceses thus formed have been repeatedly subdivided, until in 1930 there were fourteen dioceses, the dates of their creation being as follows : Calcutta 1814; Madras 1835; Bombay 1837; Colombo 1845; Lahore 1877; Rangoon 1877; Travancore 1879; Chota Nagpur 1890; Lucknow 1893; Tinnevelly 1896; Nagpur 1903; Dornakal 1912; Assam 1915; Nasik 1929.
- SPG. May 1842. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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