Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar
Iammuen(sis)-Srinagaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jammu-Srinagar, India
Latin-rite diocese covering Jammu and Kashmir, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Delhi. Erected 17 January 1952 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kashmir and Jammu and raised to a diocese in 1986. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Jammu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1986
- Latin
- Iammuen(sis)-Srinagaren(sis)
- Patron
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001717
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,950
- Population
- 13,384,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 185
- Extent
- 222,236 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
- Ivan Pereira
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
St Mary's Cathedral, Jammu stands in Jammu-Srinagar, 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
A suffragan of Delhi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DelhiDelhi
- Diocese of JullundurJullundur
- Diocese of Simla and ChandigarhChandigarh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Spanning the cities of Jammu and Srinagar in India, the Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar (Latin: Iammuen(sis)-Srinagaren(sis)) is a Latin Catholic diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Delhi.
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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.