Diocese of Nashik
Nashiken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nashik, India
Latin-rite diocese in Maharashtra, India, erected 15 May 1987 from the Diocese of Poona and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bombay. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Anne in Nashik and its territory covers the Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, and Ahmednagar districts, with about 86,000 Catholics (2004).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1987
- Latin
- Nashiken(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002356
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 86,090
- Population
- 20,000,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 110
- Catholics per priest
- 783
- Extent
- 57,592 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Bishop
- Barthol Barretto
- Born
- 16 September 1961
- Birthplace
- Mumbai
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
Cathedral of St. Anne, Nashik stands in Nashik, 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 Bombay
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bombay.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BombayBombay
- Diocese of PoonaPoona
- Diocese of VasaiVasai
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.