Diocese of Jhansi
Ihansien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jhansi, India
Latin-rite diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. Established as an Apostolic Prefecture on 12 January 1940 from the Diocese of Allahabad and promoted to a diocese on 5 July 1954. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Anthony in Jhansi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 July 1954
- Latin
- Ihansien(sis)
- Patron
- St Jude Thaddeus
- Annuario code
- 001001737
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,782
- Population
- 8,315,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 48
- Extent
- 29,418 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Wilfred Gregory Moras
- Born
- 13 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Neerude
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 Anthony's Cathedral, Jhansi stands in Jhansi, 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:
- Archdiocese of AgraAgra
- Diocese of AjmerAjmer
- Diocese of AllahabadAllahabad
- Diocese of BareillyBareilly
- Diocese of JaipurJaipur
- Diocese of LucknowLucknow
- Diocese of MeerutMeerut
- Diocese of UdaipurUdaipur
- Diocese of VaranasiVaranasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Jhansi in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi (Latin: Ihansien[sis])) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Agra.
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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.