Archdiocese of Agra
Archdiocese of Agra | |
Basic data | |
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Country | India |
Diocesan bishop | Albert D'Souza |
Vicar General | Jose Maliekal |
founding | May 17, 1784 |
surface | 49,162 km² |
Parishes | 43 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Residents | 27,845,000 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Catholics | 13,215 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
proportion of | 0% |
Diocesan priest | 87 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Religious priest | 16 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Catholics per priest | 128 |
Friars | 22 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
Religious sisters | 393 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
address | Archbishop's House Wazirpura Road Agra-282003, UP India |
Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Agra ( Latin Archidioecesis Agraënsis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Agra .
history
On May 17, 1784, the Mission sui juris Hindustan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Great Mogul was established. In 1820 the elevation to the Apostolic Vicariate Tibet-Hindustan took place. 26 years later, in 1846, the name of the Vicariate Apostolic was changed to Agra.
On September 1, 1886, the Vicariate Apostolic Agra was finally elevated to an archbishopric. On September 13, 1910, there were territories to the Archdiocese of Shimla , on January 12, 1940 to the Lucknow diocese and on February 20, 1956 to the Meerut diocese .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Agra
- Diocese of Ajmer
- Bishopric of Allahabad
- Bishopric of Bareilly
- Eparchy Bijnor
- Gorakhpur Eparchy
- Diocese of Jaipur
- Diocese of Jhansi
- Diocese of Lucknow
- Diocese of Meerut
- Diocese of Udaipur
- Diocese of Varanasi
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- 1823-1824 Zenobius Benucci O. Carm.
- 1825–1842 Anthony Pezzoni O.Carm.
- 1839 - Anthony Borghi O. Carm.
- 1844 - Cajetan Carli O.Carm.
- 1861– Angelicus Bedenik O.Carm.
Archbishops
- 1886-1891 Michael Angelus Jacobi OFMCap
- 1892–1897 Emanuele Alfonso van den Bosch OFMCap
- 1898–1917 Carlo Giuseppe Gentili OFMCap
- 1917–1937 Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni OFMCap
- 1937–1956 Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni OFMCap
- 1956–1982 Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide OFMCap
- 1983-1998 Cecil DeSa
- 1998-2000 Vincent Michael Concessao
- 2000-2006 Oswald Gracias
- 2007 - Albert D'Souza
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Agra on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Agra on gcatholic.org (English)
- Catholic Bishops Conference of India (English)