Church of India, Burma and Ceylon

[3] By 1930, the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) had fourteen dioceses across the Indian Empire.

[3] It published its own version of the Book of Common Prayer, which served as its authorised liturgical text.

[4][3] Some elements in the CIPBC refused mergers with Lutherans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Methodists and Baptists.

Lakdasa De Mel at Calcutta agreed to merge the CIPBC with the united Church of North India.

[7] In 1978, news of the Congress of St. Louis and the creation of the Anglican Catholic Church reached India.

[8] Following the controversial consecrations in Deerfield Beach, Florida, the Titular Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India, Archbishop Louis Falk, left the Anglican Catholic Church in 1991.

Bishop Bromley appointed Samuel P Praksh as the Archdeacon and the Metropolitan’s Commissary to the Province of India.

[8] CIPBC rescinded Communion between 2014 and 2018 with the Anglican Catholic Church over matters relating to the status of the second province.

Samuel P Praksh, Metropolitan of the CIPBC, signed an agreement restoring communio in sacris.

In 1930, the Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) had fourteen dioceses across the Indian Empire. [ 2 ]