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Diocese of Jaipur

Iaipuren(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Rajasthan, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. Created 20 July 2005 when the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Malviya Nagar, Jaipur.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
20 July 2005
Latin
Iaipuren(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of the Annunciation
Annuario code
001001710

The see in figures

Catholics
4,096
Population
25,828,271
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.0%
Priests
82
Catholics per priest
50
Extent
129,060 km²
Catholics per km²
0.0

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
Joseph Kallarackal
Born
10 December 1964
Birthplace
Anavilasam

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 Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jaipur stands in Jaipur, 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 Agra.

The sees of this province:

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

History

On 20 July 2005 the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split, and from that division the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur (Dioecesis Iaipurensis) in India came into being. Twenty-one districts of the state of Rajasthan fall within its boundaries. What had been the parish church of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Malviya Nagar now serves as the cathedral for the diocese. As a suffragan see it answers to the Archdiocese of Agra. Around it lie the Diocese of Ajmer to the south; the Archdiocese of Delhi, the Diocese of Jalandhar, and the Diocese of Simla-Chandigarh to the north; the Archdiocese of Agra and the Diocese of Gwalior to the east; and, on the western side, Pakistan.

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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.