Diocese of Jaipur
Diocese of Jaipur | |
Basic data | |
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Country | India |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
Diocesan bishop | Oswald Lewis |
founding | 2005 |
surface | 129,000 km² |
Parishes | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 25,900,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 4,950 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 0% |
Diocesan priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 99 |
Friars | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 163 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Website | http://dioceseofjaipur.org |
The diocese of Jaipur ( Latin : Dioecesis Iaipurensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India . It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Agra .
history
Originally part of the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur , the Diocese of Jaipur was created on July 20, 2005 when the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split up. The first and so far only bishop was Oswald Lewis .