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Diocese of Bareilly

Bareillen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, erected on 19 January 1989 from the Diocese of Lucknow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, with the Cathedral of St. Alphonsus de Liguori in Bareilly as its seat. Its patron is Our Lady of Nativity.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
19 January 1989
Latin
Bareillen(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Nativity
Annuario code
001000829

The see in figures

Catholics
6,985
Population
10,555,125
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.1%
Priests
91
Catholics per priest
77
Extent
32,229 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

Bishop
Ignatius D'Souza
Born
4 August 1964
Birthplace
Basrikatte

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 St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Bareilly stands in Bareilly, 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

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Agra.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in the city of Bareilly, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Bareillen(sis)) belongs to India's ecclesiastical province of Agra.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.