Archdiocese of Agra
Agraën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Agra, India
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, tracing to the 1784 Mission sui iuris of Hindustan and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 1 September 1886. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Agra. The province includes suffragans such as Ajmer, Allahabad, Bareilly, Jaipur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Meerut, Udaipur and Varanasi.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Latin
- Agraën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000611
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,182
- Population
- 27,380,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 164
- Extent
- 69,162 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Raphy Manjaly
- Born
- 7 February 1958
- Birthplace
- Vendore
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Agra stands in Agra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Agra
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AjmerAjmer
- Diocese of AllahabadAllahabad
- Diocese of BareillyBareilly
- Diocese of JaipurJaipur
- Diocese of JhansiJhansi
- Diocese of LucknowLucknow
- Diocese of MeerutMeerut
- Diocese of UdaipurUdaipur
- Diocese of VaranasiVaranasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state, Agra (Latin: Agraën(sis)) takes in the Uttar Pradesh districts of Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, Etawah, Farrukabad, Firozabad, Gautambudha Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Kasganj, Mainpuri and Mathura, together with Bharatpur and Dholpur in Rajasthan. The cathedral episcopal see stands in the city of Agra.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archbishop’s House, Wazirpura Road, 282003 Agra, U.P., India
- Telephone
- [0562]2851.318; 2526.397; fax 2853.939
- archdagra@gmail.com
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.