Diocese of Aurangabad
| Diocese of Aurangabad | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Nagpur Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Ambrose Rebello |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Edwin Colaço |
| founding | 1977 |
| surface | 64,525 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Residents | 10,258,000 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics | 15,623 (12/31/2012 / AP2013 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (31.12.2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 363 |
| Friars | 24 (31.12.2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 183 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Francis de Sales Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aurangabad ( Latin Dioecesis Aurangabadensis , Marathi औरंगाबाद बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Aurangabad .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Qui arcano on December 17, 1977 from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Amravati and the Archdiocese of Hyderabad and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nagpur as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Aurangabad comprises the Aurangabad division in the state of Maharashtra .
Bishops of Aurangabad
- Dominic Joseph Abreo (December 17, 1977– May 1, 1987)
- Ignatius D'Cunha (February 6, 1989– January 20, 1998)
- Sylvester Monteiro (February 9, 1999– August 14, 2005)
- Edwin Colaço (October 20, 2006– May 13, 2015)
- Ambrose Rebello (since May 13, 2015)
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Aurangabad on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Aurangabad on gcatholic.org (English)