Barnabas Dejen Mondal

The Most Reverend

B. D. Mondal
Bishop of Dhaka
Moderator of the Church of Bangladesh
ChurchChurch of Bangladesh
DioceseDhaka
Installed1975
Term ended2002
SuccessorMichael Baroi
Orders
Ordination1964
Consecration16 February 1975
Personal details
Born
Barnabas Dejen Mondal

1936 or 1937
Died (aged 82)
Dhaka
NationalityBangladeshi
DenominationUnited Protestant

Barnabas Dejen Mondal (died 29 June 2019) was a Bangladeshi churchman who was the first moderator of the synod of the Church of Bangladesh, and the first bishop of the Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Dhaka.[1] The Church of Bangladesh is a United Protestant denomination formed as a result of a merger between Anglican and Presbyterian denominations in the region.[2]

In 1965, he became the priest of Oxford Mission Church. He was consecrated as bishop in early 1975.[1]

Bishop Mondal died in a hospital in the capital Dhaka on 29 June 2019, at the age of 82.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Bishop B.D. Mondal, the first national Bishop of the Church of Bangladesh passes away". CCA.
  2. ^ Ross, Kenneth R. (14 March 2019). Christianity in South and Central Asia. Edinburgh University Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4744-3984-8. The Church of Bangladesh incorporates Anglican and Presbyterian traditions and plays an important role in enhancing the spiritual and socioeconomic life of Christian and non-Christian Bangladeshis.
  3. ^ "First national bishop of Church of Bangladesh passes away". mattersindia.com. June 30, 2019.