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	~~{{Portal\|Christianity}}~~
	* [[Christianity in India]]		* [[Christianity in India]]
	* [[Christianity in Pakistan]]		* [[Christianity in Pakistan]]

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{{short description|Former ecclesiastical province of Anglican Communion in British India}}
{{Infobox Christian denomination
|name = Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC)<br />
<small>Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (CIPBC)</small>
|image = St. Paul's Cathedral - Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1865.jpg
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|caption = [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata|St. Paul's Cathedral]] in [[Calcutta]] (c. 1865)
|main_classification = [[Protestantism|Protestant]]
|orientation = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
|polity = [[Episcopal polity|Episcopal]]
|founder =
|founded_date = 1813
|founded_place =
|separated_from =
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|leader =
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|separations = [[Church of South India]] (1947)<ref name="Buchanan2009"/>
|merged_into = [[Church of North India]] (1970),<ref name="Buchanan2009"/> [[Church of Pakistan]] (1970)<ref name="Buchanan2009">{{cite book|last=Buchanan|first=Colin|title=The A to Z of Anglicanism|url=https://archive.org/details/tozanglicanismat00buch|url-access=limited|date=4 August 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|language=English|isbn=9780810870086|page=[https://archive.org/details/tozanglicanismat00buch/page/n290 234]|quote=On 27 September 1947, after conversations and negotiations lasting 28 years, and in the teeth of Anglo-Catholic opposition throughout the Anglican Communion, the four southern dioceses of CIPBC left the Anglican church and joined with South Indian Methodists and the South India United Church (itself the result of an earlier union of Presbyterians and Congregationalists) to become the Church of South India. The CIPBC synod authorized its own Book of Common Prayer (fairly closely related to the 1662 Book) in 1960. Negotiations continued towards united churches, and they came to fruition with the formation of the Church of Pakistan on 1 November 1970 and the Church of North India on 29 November 1970.}}</ref>
|fellowships =
|associations = [[Anglican Communion]], [[World Council of Churches]]
|area = [[Indian Empire]] (1813-1947)<br /> [[North India]] & [[Pakistan]] (1947-1970)
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}}
[[File:British Indian Empire 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India.jpg|thumb|300px|In 1930, the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) had fourteen dioceses across the Indian Empire.<ref name="BCC1940"/>]]
The '''Church of India, Burma and Ceylon''' ('''CIBC''') was the autonomous [[ecclesiastical province]] of the [[Anglican Communion]] in [[British India]].<ref name="Dalal2014">{{cite book|last=Dalal|first=Roshen|title=The Religions of India: A Concise Guide to Nine Major Faiths|date=18 April 2014|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|language=English |isbn=9788184753967|page=177}}</ref>

The first Anglican [[diocese]] in India was established in 1813, the [[Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India|Diocese of Calcutta]], which became the [[metropolitan see]] of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon.<ref name="Tovey2017"/> The Church of India, Burma and Ceylon spread as missionaries from the [[Church Missionary Society in India|Church Mission Society]] travelled throughout the Indian Empire.<ref name="Dalal2014"/> By 1930, the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) had fourteen dioceses across the Indian Empire.<ref name="BCC1940"/> Bishops from India were present at the first [[Lambeth Conference]].<ref name="Tovey2017">{{cite book|last=Tovey|first=Phillip|title=Anglican Baptismal Liturgies|date=30 August 2017|publisher=Canterbury Press|language=English |isbn=9781786220202|page=234|quote=The formation of united churches, particularly that of North India in 1970, led to the end of the Province.}}</ref>

After [[partition of India]] in 1947, the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon became known as the '''Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon''' ('''CIPBC''').<ref name="Dalal2014"/> It published its own version of the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', which served as its authorised liturgical text.<ref name="Buchanan2009"/>

Later in 1947, four southern dioceses left the CIPBC and merged with South Indian Methodists and South Indian Presbyterians & Congregationalists to form the [[Church of South India]].<ref name="Buchanan2009"/> In 1970, [[ecumenical dialogue]] led to the merger of the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon with other [[Protestant Christian]] denominations (including the Scottish Presbyterians, United Methodists and Lutherans), thus creating the [[Church of North India]] and [[Church of Pakistan]].<ref name="Tovey2017"/><ref name="Dalal2014"/>

== Dioceses ==
*[[Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India|Diocese of Calcutta]] (established in 1814)<ref name="BCC1940">{{cite book|title=The Indian Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UScWAQAAMAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|language=English |page=455|quote=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.}}</ref>
*[[Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India|Diocese of Madras]] (established in 1835)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Diocese of Mumbai of the Church of North India|Diocese of Bombay]] (established in 1837)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Diocese of Colombo|Diocese of Colombo]] (established in 1845)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Bishop of Lahore|Diocese of Lahore]] (established in 1877)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Diocese of Rangoon]] (established in 1877)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Bishop of Travancore and Cochin|Diocese of Travancore]] (established in 1879)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Bishop of Chota Nagpur|Diocese of Chota Nagpur]] (established in 1890)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Diocese of Lucknow of the Church of North India|Diocese of Lucknow]] (established in 1893)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Bishop of Tinnevelly|Diocese of Tinnevelly]] (established in 1896)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Bishop of Nagpur|Diocese of Nagpur]] (established in 1903)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Diocese of Dornakal]] (established in 1912)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Diocese of Assam|Diocese of Assam]] (established in 1915)<ref name="BCC1940"/>
*[[Anglican Bishop of Nasik|Diocese of Nasik]] (established in 1929)<ref name="BCC1940"/>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Christianity}}
* [[Christianity in India]]
* [[Christianity in Pakistan]]
* [[Christianity in Ceylon]]
* [[Christianity in Burma]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Church of India, Burma and Ceylon| ]]
[[Category:Anglican Communion church bodies]]

Church of India, Burma and Ceylon - Revision history

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