Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur

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Archdiocese of Nagpur

Archidioecesis Nagpurensis

नागपूर बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, Nagpur.jpg
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Location
Country India
Statistics
Area55,272 km2 (21,341 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
11,000,000
24,446 (0.2%)
Parishes34
Information
Rite Latin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St Francis de Sales in Nagpur
Patron saint St Francis de Sales
Our Lady of Lourdes
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan ArchbishopElias Joseph Gonsalves
Vicar GeneralAnthony D'Souza
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur (Latin : Nagpuren(sis)) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in central India, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Contents

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, in the city of Nagpur, in Maharashtra state.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 25,500 Catholics (0.2% of 12,360,000 total) on 59,042 km2 in 34 parishes and 12 missions with 142 priests (48 diocesan, 94 religious), 798 lay religious (265 brothers, 533 sisters) and 23 seminarians.

History

Ecclesiastical province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and these Suffragan bishoprics, Latin Rite except one Syro-Oriental Rite :

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite, initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)

Suffragan Bishops of Nagpur
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nagpur

Saints and causes for canonisation

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References

  1. "Saints & Blessed – CCBI" . Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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