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Calcutta, Bishop of, the metropolitan bishop of India, 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 85, s. 94; and see 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, s. 49; 34 & 35 Vict. c. 62, and Vict. c. 13. These have been replaced, see the Government of India Act, 1915 (c. 61), ss. 115 et seq., and the Indian Church Act, 1927 (c. 40), which defines as the occupant for the time being of the see of Calcutta, whether or not that See is constituted an Archiepiscopal See.