Diocese of North East India explained

The Diocese of North East India is a diocese of the Church of North India, centred in Shillong, North-East India.

The Diocese of Assam, of the (Anglican) Church of India, Burma and Ceylon, was created from the Diocese of Calcutta in 1915.^[1] In 1970, it became a diocese of the united Church of North India; and had its current name by 1986.^[2]

Bishops of Assam

The Church of India, Burma and Ceylon diocese had three bishops prior to Indian independence:

• 1915–1924: Herbert Pakenham-Walsh (1871–1959)
• 1924–1945: George Hubback (1882–1955)
• 1946–1948: Nirod Biswas

and three after:

• 1949–1962: Joseph Amritanand
• 1963–1967: Eric Samuel Nasir
• 1968–1970: Ariel Victor Jonathan

Bishops of North East India

• 1970–1986: D. D. Pradhan, Bishop of Assam^[3]
• 1986–1998: Ernest William Talibuddin^[4]
• 1999aft. 2015: Purely Lyngdoh^[5]
• c. 2017present: Michael Herenz^[6]

References

1. Web site: A History of the Church of England in India, by Eyre Chatterton (1924). anglicanhistory.org.
2. Web site: India Club – An Introduction to the History of the Anglican Church in North-East India – Contents, Chapter 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321234836/http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?prodstock=25465. dead. 21 March 2012.
3. Web site: Nepali Around the World: Emphasizing Nepali Christians of the Himalayas. Perry. Cindy L.. 1997.
4. http://www.oremus.org/acp/1998.txt
5. http://www.oremus.org/acp/1999.txt
6. https://new.cnisynod.org/visit-to-the-diocese-of-north-east-india/