Dinesh Chandra Gorai was an Indian and Bengali-speaking leader of the Church of North India. He was the first non-Anglican Bishop of Calcutta (1982–1999) and also Moderator of the CNI (1983–1986). He was appointed the first new bishop of the CNI with its inauguration in 1970, to serve as Bishop of Barrackpore (1970–1982). He was the first Bengali moderator of Church of North India (CNI).