Nashik Diocese
| Nashik Diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bombay |
| Diocesan bishop | Lourdes Daniel |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 57,532 km² |
| Parishes | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,046,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 86,406 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 2.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 71 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 800 |
| Friars | 161 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 273 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The diocese of Nashik ( Latin : Dioecesis Nashikensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India . It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bombay .
history
The diocese was established on May 15, 1987 from areas of the diocese of Poona and the Jesuit Thomas Bhalerao became the first bishop.
Bishops of Nashik
- Thomas Bhalerao (1987-2007)
- Felix Anthony Machado (2008-2009)
- Lourdes Daniel , since 2010