Archdiocese of Raipur
Raipuren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Raipur, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Chhattisgarh, India, established as an apostolic prefecture on 16 January 1964, elevated to diocese on 5 July 1973, and made a metropolitan archdiocese on 27 February 2004. Its seat is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Raipur, with suffragans Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Jashpur, and Raigarh, serving about 73,000 Catholics (2010).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 February 2004
- Latin
- Raipuren(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Queen of the Apostles
- Annuario code
- 001002715
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 72,997
- Population
- 15,553,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 182
- Catholics per priest
- 401
- Extent
- 60,819 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.2
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
- Archbishop
- Victor Henry Thakur
- Born
- 1 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Chakhni
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, Raipur stands in Raipur, 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 Raipur
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmbikapurAmbikapur
- Diocese of JashpurJashpur
- Diocese of RaigarhRaigarh
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.