Archdiocese of Nagpur
Nagpuren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nagpur, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Maharashtra, India, erected as the Diocese of Nagpur on 11 July 1887 from the Diocese of Vizagapatam and elevated to archdiocese on 19 September 1953. Its seat is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Nagpur, and its suffragans are Amravati, Aurangabad, and the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Chanda. Catholics number about 25,500 (2014).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Nagpuren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales and Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001002334
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,500
- Population
- 11,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 159
- Catholics per priest
- 160
- Extent
- 55,272 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Archbishop
- Elias Joseph Gonsalves
- Born
- 4 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Chulne
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. Francis de Sales Cathedral, Nagpur stands in Nagpur, 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 Nagpur
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmravatiAmravati
- Diocese of AurangabadAurangabad
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.