Diocese of Khandwa

Khandvaën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Khandwa, India

Latin-rite diocese in Madhya Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal. Established 3 February 1977 from the Diocese of Indore. Its seat is St Mary's Cathedral in Khandwa.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 3 February 1977
Latin: Khandvaën(sis)
Patron: Saint Pius X
Annuario code: 001001841

The see in figures

Catholics: 30,601
Population: 4,521,350
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 0.7%
Priests: 57
Catholics per priest: 537
Extent: 24,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 1.3

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

Bishop: Augustine Madathikunnel

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, Khandwa stands in Khandwa, 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 Bhopal

A suffragan of Bhopal.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.