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The '''Diocese of Mysore''' was one of the Protestant dioceses<ref>''Bangalore Theological Forum'', Volume 33, Division of Research and Post-graduate Studies, United Theological College, 2001. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DHjYAAAAMAAJ&q=mysore+diocese+trifurcation&dq=mysore+diocese+trifurcation]</ref> of the [[Church of South India]], the successor of the [[Church of England]], covering the erstwhile state of Mysore, now [[Karnataka]]<ref name="George">K. M. George, ''Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997'', Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge New Delhi and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla, 1999. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zmjZAAAAMAAJ&q=CSI+mysore+diocese&dq=CSI+mysore+diocese]</ref><br />
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==History of the Diocese==<br />
The Diocese of Mysore of the Church of South India was inaugurated in 1947.<ref name="George"/> In 1970, the Diocese of Mysore was trifurcated for administrative purposes into three units, as a result of this there are now three dioceses,<ref name="George"/><br />
*[[Karnataka Northern Diocese of the Church of South India|Karnataka Northern Diocese]],<br />
*[[Karnataka Southern Diocese of the Church of South India|Karnataka Southern Diocese]],<br />
*[[Karnataka Central Diocese of the Church of South India|Karnataka Central Diocese]]<br />
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==Bishops of the Diocese==<br />
;Mysore Diocese <br />
* Rt. Rev. [[Premaka Gurushantha]] (1947-1951) <br />
* Rt. Rev. [[Norman C. Sargant]] (1951-1971)<br />
* Rt. Rev. [[H. D. L. Abraham]] (1966-1968)<br />
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