James D. Blair

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi Christian bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Archbishop <!-- or Cardinal or Antipope or Coptic Pope -->
| honorific_prefix =[[The Most Reverend]]
| name = James Douglas Blair
| title =[[Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Dhaka|1st Bishop of Dhaka]]<br>
[[Assistant Bishop]] [[Diocese of Calcutta|of Calcutta]]
| caption = Official portrait of the [[Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Dhaka|Bishop of Dhaka]]
| church = [[Church of India, Burma and Ceylon]]
| diocese = [[Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Dhaka|Dhaka]]
| term_start = 1952
| term_end = 1975
| predecessor = <i>Position established
| successor = [[Barnabas Dejen Mondal|B. D. Mondal]]
| other_post = Priest of [[Oxford Mission Church]]
<!---------- Orders ---------->
| ordination =
| consecration = 1952
<!---------- Personal details ---------->
| birth_name = James Douglas Blair
| birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| resting_place_coordinates =
| nationality = [[British]]
| coat_of_arms = Mitre_plain_2.png
}}
{{Infobox bishop styles
|image=Mitre_plain_2.png
|image_size=200px
|dipstyle=[[The Most Reverend]]
|offstyle=[[His Grace]]
|relstyle=[[Bishop]]
|deathstyle=
}}

'''James Douglas Blair''', commonly known as '''James D. Blair''', was the first [[United Protestant]] [[Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Dhaka|Bishop of Dhaka]] and previously the [[assistant bishop]] of [[Diocese of Calcutta|calcutta]]. He was not the first [[Bishop]] of the [[Church of Bangladesh]]. He was a missionary of [[Oxford Mission Church]] and the overseer of [[Church of Bangladesh Diocese of Dhaka|Diocese of Dhaka]] of the [[Church of India, Burma and Ceylon]].<ref>https://churchofbangladesh.org/about/foundation/</ref><ref>ne.co.uk/page-link/ChTm_1991_02_01_006|Obituary</ref><ref>https://churchofbangladesh.org/about/foundation/</ref>

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