Diocese of Meerut
| Diocese of Meerut | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
| Diocesan bishop | Francis Kalist |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 28,337 km² |
| Parishes | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 35,967,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 30,486 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 69 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 235 |
| Friars | 133 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 688 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
| Website | http://dioceseofmeerut.org/ |
The diocese of Meerut ( lat. : Dioecesis Meerutensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Meerut .
history
The diocese of Meerut was on February 20, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Agra and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On March 23, 1972, the Diocese of Meerut gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Exarchate Bijnor .
Bishops of Meerut
- Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti OFMCap , 1956–1973
- Patrick Nair , 1974-2008
- Francis Kalist , since 2008