Diocese of Lucknow
| Diocese of Lucknow | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
| Diocesan bishop | Gerald John Mathias |
| founding | 1940 |
| surface | 45,125 km² |
| Parishes | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 22,985,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 8,241 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 78 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 457 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | catholicdiocese-lucknow.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow ( lat. : Dioecesis Lucknovensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Lucknow .
history
The diocese of Lucknow was on January 12, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. built from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Agra and the Diocese of Allahabad . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Agra as a suffragan . On January 19, 1989, the diocese of Lucknow gave parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Bareilly .
territory
The Diocese of Lucknow comprising the districts of Lucknow , Unnao , Barabanki , Gonda , Bahraich , Sitapur , Hardoi and Lakhimpur Kheri in the state of Uttar Pradesh .
Bishops of Lucknow
- Albert Conrad de Vito OFMCap , 1946–1970
- Cecil DeSa , 1971–1983, then Archbishop of Agra
- Alan Basil de Lastic , 1984–1990, then Archbishop of Delhi
- Albert D'Souza , 1992–2007, then Archbishop of Agra
- Gerald John Mathias , since 2007