Diocese of Ajmer
| Diocese of Ajmer | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
| Diocesan bishop | Pius Thomas D'Souza |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ignatius Menezes |
| Vicar General | Aubert Carvalho |
| founding | 1890 |
| surface | 146,690 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 22,360,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 9,980 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 169 |
| Friars | 28 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 470 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | http://www.ajmerdiocese.org/ |
The diocese of Ajmer ( lat. : Dioecesis Aimerensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Ajmer .
history
The diocese of Ajmer was founded in 1890 by Pope Leo XIII. from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Agra as Mission sui juris Rajputana . In 1891 the Mission sui juris Rajputana was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On May 22, 1913, the Vicariate Apostolic Rajputana was raised to the diocese and renamed the Diocese of Ajmer . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Agra as a suffragan . The Diocese of Ajmer gave up on March 11, 1935 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Indore . On May 13, 1955, the Diocese of Ajmer was renamed the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur . The Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur gave up parts of its territory on September 13, 1963 to establish the Archdiocese of Bhopal . Another assignment of territory took place on December 3, 1984 to establish the diocese of Udaipur . On July 20, 2005, the diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur by Pope Benedict XVI. divided into the dioceses of Ajmer and Jaipur .
territory
The Diocese of Ajmer includes the districts of Ajmer , Baran , Barmer , Bundi , Kota , Jaisalmer , Jalaur , Jhalawar , Jodhpur , Pali , Sirohi and Tonk in the state of Rajasthan .
Bishops
- Fortunat-Henri Caumont OFMCap , 1913-1930
- Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet OFMCap, 1931-1938
- Guy-Léandre Le Floch OFMCap, 1939-1946
- Leo D'Mello , 1949-1978
- Ignatius Menezes , 1978-2012
- Pius Thomas D'Souza , since 2012