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Archdiocese of Delhi

Delhien(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Delhi, India

The Archdiocese of Delhi is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern India, with suffragans including Jammu-Srinagar, Jalandhar, and Simla-Chandigarh. Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto has led the see since 2012.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
4 June 1959
Latin
Delhien(sis)
Patron
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Annuario code
001001288

The see in figures

Catholics
112,348
Population
26,469,385
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.4%
Priests
259
Catholics per priest
434
Extent
15,420 km²
Catholics per km²
7.3

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
Anil Joseph Thomas Couto
Born
22 September 1954
Birthplace
Pomburpa

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

Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi stands in Delhi, 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 Delhi

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In northern India, the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi (Latin: Delhien(sis)) stands as a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the national capital city of New Delhi, serves as its cathedral archiepiscopal see.

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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.