Diocese of Agra is an Anglican diocese in the Church of North India. Diocese of Agra, within the Church of North India, was constituted by the decision of the Synod Executive of the Church of North India. The new Diocese thus formed comprising the western part of Uttar Pradesh was named the Diocese of Agra. The Diocese's constitution was accepted and adopted by Minutes 76/6 at the first ordinary meeting of the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Agra which held its session in St. John's College, Agra Hall, on 9 April 1976.

The current bishop is Bijay Kumar Nayak.

The Constitution

The Constitution of the Diocese of Agra was accepted and adopted by minutes 76/6 at the first ordinary meeting of the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Agra which held its sessions in St. John's College, Agra on 9 April 1976 and as subsequently amended up to the Sixteenth Diocesan Council held on 2–5 October 2006 at St. Paul's College, Agra.

Preamble

As authorized by the Constitution and the Church of North India, the Agra Diocesan Council adopted its Constitution for the Pastorates, keeping in view the condition and needs of Pastorates in the Diocese, and the same was approved by the Church of North India Synod Executive Committee.

The Pastorate

A Pastorate is an organized congregation or a group of Congregations, recognized as a Pastorate by the Diocesan Council, under the Pastoral care of the Presbyter-in-charge. In some pastorates other ministers may be appointed to assist the presbyter-in-charge of the pastorate and to work under his/her supervision. The pastorate comprises the below mentioned The Presbyter-in-charge, Associate/Assistant Pastors and Deacons, if any, in the active service of the Church, The President or Secretary of the Pastorate W.F.C.S, The president or Secretary of the Pastorate Youth Fellowship, The Secretary/Superintendent of the Sunday School in the Pastorate shall be ex-officio member of the Pastorate Committee. Lay members to be elected on the Pastoral Committee by the Pastorate according to the following proportions:

Education The Diocese looks after the Schools and Education via the Diocesan Education Board, a Non-Profit organization with the objective to serve the Country through sound education based on Christian principles. The Diocesan Education Board is registered under Act No XXI/1860 of the Societies Act, Uttar Pradesh by Registrar of Societies, U.P Lucknow.

Under the supervision of the Bishop the Diocese serves in Agra, Aligarh, Mathura, Meerut, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Etah, Kasganj, Bareilly, Bulandshahar, Farukhabad, Moradabad, Sambhal, Mainpuri, Dehradun, Saharanpur, Mussoorie, Nainital and in all about forty such places in the western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Region. The Schools and Colleges are

St. John's College, Agra St. George's College, Agra, Agra St. Paul's College, Agra, Church Road, Civil Lines, Agra St. Paul’s Church College Unit-II, M.G. Road, Agra St. Paul’s Church College Unit-II, Sikandra Campus, Sikandra, Agra Queen Victoria Girls Inter College, Hariparwat, Agra Queen Victoria Nursery School, Delhi Gate, Agra Queen Victoria English Medium School, Delhi Gate, Agra Queen Victoria Primary School, Delhi Gate, Agra SWM Higher Secondary School, Sikandra, Agra St. John’s Girls Inter College, Agra St. John’s Girls Primary School, M.G. Road, Agra St. John’s Boys Inter College, Hospital Road, Agra Diocesan Junior High School, Eng. Medium, St. John’s Church Compound, Hospital Road, Agra Christian Inter College, Mainpuri Christian KG & Primary School, Mainpuri Christian Agriculture Inter College, Etah Prentiss Girls Inter College, Etah St. John’s Church School, Etah CNI Girls Inter College, 51-Rajpur Road, Dehradun CNI Boys Inter College, Palton Bazar, Dehradun Ferger Junior High School/Ferger Primary School, 51-Rajpur Road, Dehradun St. John’s Primary School, 6-Kutchery Road. Dehradun St. James Junior Highs School, Vikasnagar, Dehradun Christ Church College, Kanpur Christ Church Inter College, Kanpur Epiphany Girls Junior High School, 14/137, Civil Lines, Kanpur Bishop Westcott School, 16/104, Civil Lines, Kanpur Rakha Girls inter College, Fatehgarh Christian Inter College, Farrukhabad City Girls Inter College, Farrukhabd St. John’s Senior Secondary School, 117-Bank Street, Meerut Cantt St. Thomas English Medium School, Jyoti Niketan, Chhipi Tank, Meerut St. Thomas Girls’ Inter College, Meerut St. Andrew’s Girls Junior High School, P.O. Jeyi, Meerut St. Thomas Junior High School, Meerut All Saints School, C/O St. Thomas Church Compound, Nili Kothi, Meerut Holy Trinity Church School, Railway Station Road, Ghaziabad St. Paul’s College, Moradabad St. Perpetua’s Girls Junior High School, Pakbara, Moradabad St. Andrew’s Boys Junior High School, Ummedpur, Moradabad All Saints English Medium School, Delhi Road, Bulandshahr Maishi Kanya Vidyalaya, Bulandshar All Saints College, Nainital Sherwood College, Nainital

References

External links Diocese of Agra - Church of North India, Official website