Diocese of Lucknow

Lucknoven(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lucknow, India

Latin-rite diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. Erected in 1940 and established as a diocese in 1946. Its seat is St Joseph's Cathedral in Lucknow.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 12 January 1940
Latin: Lucknoven(sis)
Patron: St Joseph; St Francis of Assisi
Annuario code: 001002061

The see in figures

Catholics: 7,305
Population: 22,681,901
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 0.0%
Priests: 117
Catholics per priest: 62
Extent: 45,124 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.2

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: Gerald John Mathias
Born: 20 September 1953
Birthplace: Kallianpur

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 Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow stands in Lucknow, 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.

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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.