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{{short description|Church of North India bishop}}
{{About|the Indian bishop|the Indian politician|Bijaya Kumar Nayak}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Most Reverend]]
| name = Bijay Kumar Nayak
| title = Moderator of the Church of North India<br/>Bishop of Agra
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| term = 2022–2025
| predecessor = Prem Singh
| successor = Paritosh Canning

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'''Bijay Kumar Nayak''' is an Indian Protestant bishop. He became bishop of the Diocese of Phulbani in the [[Church of North India]] in 2005.<ref name="CNI-Phulbani">{{cite web |title=Meet Our Pastors |url=http://www.cniphulbanidiocese.org/ |publisher=Diocese of Phulbani |access-date=6 March 2024 |archive-date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613093521/http://www.cniphulbanidiocese.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022, he succeeded P.C. Singh for a three-year term as moderator of the Church of North India following Singh's [[defrocking]] and charges of [[money laundering]].<ref name="AI">{{cite news |last1=Conger |first1=George |title=New moderator installed for the Church of North India after the former moderator deposed for theft and money laundering |url=https://anglican.ink/2022/12/08/new-moderator-installed-for-the-church-of-north-india-after-the-former-moderator-deposed-for-theft-and-money-laundering/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Anglican Ink |date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> As moderator, Nayak was one of the [[Primates in the Anglican Communion|primates of the Anglican Communion]].<ref name="AC">{{cite web |title=Moderator of the Church of North India and Bishop of Phulbani |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese/position.aspx?church=north-india&dio=phulbani&pos=bishop-of-phulbani&posID=16547 |publisher=Anglican Communion |access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref> In addition to serving as moderator, Nayak became bishop of Agra in February 2024.<ref name="BishopAgra">{{cite news |title=Bijay Kumar Nayak became the new bishop of Agra diocese |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/agra/story-bijay-kumar-nayak-becomes-new-bishop-of-agra-diocese-9316899.html |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Live Hindustan |date=12 February 2024 |language=Hindi}}</ref>

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