Sindhudurg diocese
| Sindhudurg diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Goa and Daman |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto |
| founding | 2005 |
| surface | 21,099 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2005) |
| Residents | 5,365,706 (2005) |
| Catholics | 29,794 (2005) |
| proportion of | 0.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 19 (2005) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2005) |
| Catholics per priest | 961 |
| Religious sisters | 98 (2005) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | http://www.sindhudurgdiocese.com/ |
The diocese of Sindhudurg ( Latin : Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in India . It is the only suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman . The diocese consists of the districts of Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri , as well as parts of the Kolhapur district in the south of Maharashtra .
history
The diocese of Sindhudurg was founded on July 5, 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ab oriente from cessions of territory from the diocese of Poona and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bombay as a suffragan seat. Since November 26, 2006 the diocese has been subordinate to the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
- Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto , since 2005
Web links
- Entry for the Sindhudurg diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Vatican press release regarding the establishment of the new diocese ( Memento of July 17th, 2012 in the Internet Archive )