Bishopric of Allahabad
Bishopric of Allahabad | |
Basic data | |
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Country | India |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
Diocesan bishop | Raphy Manjaly |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Isidore Fernandes |
founding | 1845 |
surface | 46,774 km² |
Parishes | 39 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 41,517,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 13,992 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 0% |
Diocesan priest | 75 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 13 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 159 |
Friars | 40 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 398 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
Website | http://www.dioceseofallahabad.org |
The Diocese of Allahabad ( lat. : Dioecesis Allahabadensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Prayagraj .
history
The diocese of Allahabad was on September 1, 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Erected from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Patna and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Agra as a suffragan . The diocese of Allahabad gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses.
territory
The diocese of Allahabad includes the districts of Prayagraj , Ambedkar Nagar , Faizabad , Fatehpur , Kanpur Nagar , Kanpur Dehat , Kaushambi , Mirzapur , Pratapgarh , Raebareli , Sonbhadra and Sultanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh .
Bishops of Allahabad
- 1886-1896 Francis Pesci OFMCap
- 1897–1898 Charles Joseph Gentili OFMCap, then Archbishop of Agra
- 1899–1902 Victor Gaetano Sinibaldi OFMCap
- 1904–1917 Pierre-François Gramigna OFMCap
- 1917–1946 Joseph Angel Poli OFMCap
- 1947–1964 Leonard Joseph Raymond , then Archbishop of Nagpur
- 1964–1969 Raymond D'Mello
- 1970–1975 Alfred Fernández
- 1976–1988 Baptist Mudartha
- 1988-2013 Isidore Fernandes
- since 2013 Raphy Manjaly