Diocese of Varanasi
| Diocese of Varanasi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agra |
| Diocesan bishop | Eugene Joseph |
| founding | 1946 |
| surface | 21,296 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 27,218,980 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 19,739 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 101 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 57 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 125 |
| Friars | 170 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 477 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Website | http://dioceseofvaranasi.org.in/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Varanasi ( lat. : Dioecesis Varanasiensis ) is in India situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Varanasi .
history
The diocese of Varanasi was on July 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII. established from the cession of territory by the diocese of Allahabad as the Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur . On September 17, 1958, was Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur in apostolic prefecture Benares Gorakhpur renamed. The Apostolic Prefecture of Benares-Gorakhpur was raised to a diocese on June 5, 1970 and renamed the Diocese of Banaras . The diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Agra as a suffragan . On May 14, 1971, the name was changed to the Diocese of Varanasi . The diocese of Varanasi gave up on June 19, 1984 parts of its territory to establish the Gorakhpur eparchy .
territory
The diocese includes the districts of Varanasi , Azamgarh , Ballia , Chandauli , Ghazipur , Jaunpur and Mau in the state of Uttar Pradesh .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects
- 1947–1970 Joseph Emil Malenfant OFMCap
Bishops
- 1970-2007 Patrick Paul D'Souza
- 2007–2013 Raphy Manjaly , then Bishop of Allahabad
- since 2015 Eugene Joseph (already diocesan administrator since 2013)