Archdiocese of Bombay
| Archdiocese of Bombay | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | Oswald Cardinal Gracias |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Savio Dominic Fernandes John Rodrigues Allwyn D'Silva Barthol Barretto |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Percival Joseph Fernandez Bosco Penha Agnelo Rufino Gracias |
| founding | 1637 |
| surface | 10,103 km² |
| Parishes | 124 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 21,901,620 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 509,794 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 2.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 293 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 320 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 832 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 399 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,605 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Hindi English Marathi |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Name |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Bombay ( Latin Archidioecesis Bombayensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Mumbai .
history
The forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Bombay is the Apostolic Vicariate Idalcan / Deccan / Bijapur , founded in 1637 out of the Archdiocese of Goa , which changed its name to Great Mogul in 1669 . On May 17, 1784 it gave up parts of its territory to establish the Mission sui juris Hindustan . In 1920 it changed its name again to Bombay . On September 1, 1886 this was by Pope Leo XIII. raised to the archbishopric . On May 20, 1948, parts of the diocesan area were given to the newly established Karachi diocese . In 1949 further parts of the area were ceded to the newly created diocese of Ahmedabad . Another assignment of territory followed in 1966, as the diocese of Baroda was established. On April 30, 1988, parts of the diocesan area were given to the newly formed Kalyan diocese . The Archdiocese of Bombay received its current form in 1998 after the territory was ceded to the Diocese of Vasai .
In 2019, the incumbent Archbishop Cardinal Oswald Gracias admitted that he had not responded adequately to allegations of sexual abuse .
Ecclesiastical province
- Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- Custódio de Pinho (1669–1694)
- Pietro Paolo di San Francesco OCD (1696–1700)
- Antonio Baistrocchi OCD (1708-1726)
- Pedro Alcántara de la Santísima Trinidad OCD (1728–1744)
- Innocent of Maria Sacrifice OCD (1746–1753)
- Giovanni Domenico di Santa Chiara OCD (1756–1772)
- Carlo di San Corrado OCD (1773–1785)
- Angelin of St. Joseph OCD (1785–1786)
- Viktor of St. Mary OCD (1787–1793)
- Pietro Ramazzini OCD (1794-1840)
- John Francis Whelan OCD (1848–1850)
- Anastasius Hartmann OFMCap (1849-1858)
- Walter Herman Jacobus Steins SJ (1860–1867)
- Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin SJ (1867-1887)
Archbishops
- George Porter SJ (1886-1889)
- Theodore Dalhoff SJ (1891–1906)
- Hermann Juergens SJ (1907-1916)
- Alban Goodier SJ (1919-1926)
- Joachim Lima SJ (1928–1936)
- Thomas Roberts SJ (1937-1950)
- Valerian Cardinal Gracias (1950–1978)
- Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta (1978–1996)
- Ivan Cardinal Dias (1996-2006)
- Oswald Cardinal Gracias (since 2006)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Bombay on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Bombay on gcatholic.org (English)
- Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cardinal admits mistakes in dealing with abuse allegations. Catholic.de of February 22, 2019