Joseph Amritanand was Bishop of Calcutta in the mid 20th century. He was consecrated a bishop on Pentecost day (5 June), by George Hubback, Bishop of Calcutta, at St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta[1][2] and served as Bishop of Assam until 1962, when he translated to Lucknow 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 Church of North India.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Church News: General". Church Times. No. 4504. 3 June 1949. p. 359. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives. (here misspelled Amritand)
  2. ↑ "Consecration of three national bishops". Church Times. No. 4507. 24 June 1949. p. 409. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ↑ Joseph Amritanand Bishop of Calcutta, CNI 1970 – 1982
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
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