Diocese of Jhansi
| Diocese of Jhansi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Parapullil |
| founding | 1940 |
| surface | 30,830 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 9,389,886 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 4,535 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 59 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 65 |
| Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 235 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Anthony |
| Website | http://www.jhansidiocese.org/ |
The Diocese of Jhansi ( lat. : Dioecesis Ihansiensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Jhansi .
history
The diocese Jhansi was on January 12, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad evangelicam veritatem from cession of territory by the diocese of Allahabad as the Apostolic Prefecture of Jhansi .
On July 5, 1954, the Apostolic Prefecture Jhansi was by Pius XII. With the Apostolic Constitution in Apostolica Praefectura raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Agra as a suffragan . The diocese of Jhansi gave up on February 9, 1999 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Gwalior .
Ordinaries of Jhansi
Apostolic Prefects
- Francis Xavier Fenech OFMCap , 1946-1954
Bishops
- Francis Xavier Fenech OFMCap, 1954-1967
- Baptist Mudartha , 1967–1976, then Bishop of Allahabad
- Frederick D'Souza , 1977-2012
- Peter Parapullil , since 2012