Archdiocese of Patna
| Archdiocese of Patna | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Diocesan bishop | William D'Souza SJ |
| Coadjutor | Sebastian Kallupura |
| founding | 1845 |
| surface | 25,829 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 34,991,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 66,761 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 94 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 431 |
| Friars | 169 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 525 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Queen of Apostles Cathedral |
| Website | official website |
The Archdiocese of Patna ( Latin Archidioecesis Patnensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India with its seat in Patna .
The Archdiocese of Patna includes the districts of Aurangabad , Gaya , Jehanabad , Nalanda , Nawada , Patna and parts of the Munger district in Bihar state .
history
The diocese of Patna was founded on February 7, 1845 by Pope Gregory XVI. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Tibet-Hindustan as Apostolic Vicariate Patna . On August 1, 1886, the Apostolic Vicariate of Patna was dissolved and the territory was ceded to the diocese of Allahabad .
On September 10, 1919, the former Apostolic Vicariate of Patna was re-established as the Diocese of Patna . The diocese of Patna was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ranchi as a suffragan . On August 3, 1956, the Diocese of Patna gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Bhagalpur . Further territorial assignments took place on March 6, 1980 to establish the diocese of Muzaffarpur and on October 7, 1983 to establish the Mission sui juris Nepal . On March 16, 1999, the diocese of Patna was raised to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Indicos intra fines fidelium . On December 12, 2005, the Archdiocese of Patna gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Buxar .
Ecclesiastical province
| diocese | Catholics | Pop., Total |
|---|---|---|
| Archdiocese of Patna | 66,761 | 34,991,000 |
| Diocese of Bettiah | 5,913 | 16,518,000 |
| Diocese of Bhagalpur | 84.998 | 9,491,472 |
| Diocese of Buxar | 26,604 | 10,750,000 |
| Diocese of Muzaffarpur | 5,600 | 31,308,000 |
| Diocese of Purnea | 25,945 | 9,634,000 |
Ordinaries of Patna
Vicars Apostolic
- 1846–1854 Anastasius Hartmann OFMCap , from 1849 also Apostolic Vicar of Bombay
- 1854–1860 Athanasius Zuber OFMCap
- 1860–1866 Anastasius Hartmann OFMCap, 2nd term of office
- 1868–1881 Paul Tosi OFMCap, then Vicar Apostolic of Punjab
- 1881–1886 Francis Pesci OFMCap, then Bishop of Allahabad
Bishops
- 1920–1928 Louis Van Hoeck SJ , then Bishop of Ranchi
- 1929-1946 Bernard James Sullivan SJ
- 1947–1980 Augustine Francis Wildermuth SJ
- 1980-1999 Benedict John Osta SJ
Archbishops
- 1999-2007 Benedict John Osta SJ
- 2007– William D'Souza SJ