Archdiocese of Raipur
Archdiocese of Raipur | |
Basic data | |
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Country | India |
Diocesan bishop | Victor Henry Thakur (appointed) |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Augustine Charana tunnel |
founding | 1964 |
surface | 60,819 km² |
Parishes | 63 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Residents | 11,546,784 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 48,949 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 0.4% |
Diocesan priest | 98 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious priest | 52 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 326 |
Friars | 59 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 401 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Hindi English |
cathedral | St. Joseph's Cathedral |
address | Khristbandhu Nivas, Byron Bazar, Raipur-492001, Chhattisgarh, India |
Website | http://www.raipurarchdiocese.in/ |
The Archdiocese of Raipur ( Latin Archidioecesis Raipurensis ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India in Raipur .
It includes the districts of Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg and Rajnandgaon of the state of Chhattisgarh .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Raipur with the Apostolic Constitution Religio vera on January 16, 1964 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Nagpur .
On March 23, 1972 it lost parts of its territory to the Apostolic Exarchate Jagdalpur . With the Apostolic Constitution Quamquam Ecclesia she was raised to a diocese on July 5, 1973 , which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bhopal as a suffragan diocese.
The elevation to the metropolitan bishopric took place on February 27, 2004 with the Apostolic Constitution Cum constet Ecclesiam .
Ecclesiastical province
diocese | Catholics | Pop., Total |
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Archdiocese of Raipur | 48,949 | 11,546,784 |
Diocese of Ambikapur | 83,578 | 2,627,000 |
Jagdalpur diocese | 6,449 | 2,743,630 |
Bishopric of Jashpur | 185,666 | 743.160 |
Diocese of Raigarh | 56,640 | 1,265,084 |
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Raipur
- John A. Weidner SAC (January 17, 1964–1973)
Bishops of Raipur
- John A. Weidner SAC (February 8, 1974– August 17, 1974) (Apostolic Administrator)
- Francis Werner Hunold SAC (1974–1984) (Apostolic Administrator)
- Philip Ekka SJ (October 20, 1984– February 15, 1991)
- Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel (November 21, 1992– February 27, 2004)
Archbishop of Raipur
- Joseph Augustine Charana Tunnel (February 27, 2004– July 3, 2013)
- Victor Henry Thakur (since July 3, 2013)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Raipur on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Raipur on gcatholic.org (English)