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'''Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee''', officially ''The Most Reverend'' Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee (1882 – 1970), was an Indian and Bengali speaking leader of the erstwhile Anglican denomination, known as the ''Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon'' (1948-1970), which merged with other Protestant denominations to form the [[Church of North India]]. He was the fourteenth [[Anglican Diocese of Calcutta|Bishop of Calcutta]] and the tenth [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan of India]]. He was also the first Indian to be either the Bishop of Calcutta or the Metropolitan of India.<ref name=CNICalcutta>[http://cnicalcutta.org/bishop_arobundo_n_mukherjee.html Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee, Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India (1950 – 1962)] CNICalcutta</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born in Calcutta in 1882 and was educated in the [[St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College]] and the [[Scottish Church College]], both within the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 588.</ref> He graduated in 1914 and obtained a degree in theology in 1917. He was ordained in 1923.<ref name=CNICalcutta/><br />
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==Career==<br />
When the ''Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon'''s diocese of Delhi was established in 1947, he was serving as the assistant [[Anglican Bishop of Lahore|Bishop of Lahore]]. He its first bishop of Delhi and in 1950, when Bishop [[George Hubback]], the last Englishman to serve as Metropolitan of India resigned, Bishop Mukherjee succeeded him as the first Indian Metropolitan. He would serve in this capacity till his death in 1970.<ref name=CNICalcutta/><br />
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==Evaluation==<br />
His contribution in strengthening and reorganizing the diocese and the Church of India was crucial in the dawn of independent India.<ref name=CNICalcutta/><br />
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