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Diocese of Purnea Dioecesis Purneaensis | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Patna |
Metropolitan | Patna |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,733 km2 (6,075 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 8,349,215 24,391 (0.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | St. Peter’s Cathedral in Purnia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sebastian Kallupura |
Bishops emeritus | Angelus Kujur |
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