Diocese of Udaipur
Udaipuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Udaipur, India
Latin-rite diocese in southern Rajasthan, India, erected 3 December 1984 from the Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, seated at Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral in Udaipur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 1984
- Latin
- Udaipuren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Queen of Apostles and St Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000034
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 23,867
- Population
- 8,112,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 79
- Catholics per priest
- 302
- Extent
- 47,000 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
- Bishop
- Devprasad John Ganawa
- Born
- 8 December 1951
- Birthplace
- Panchkui
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEL VERBO DIVINO (VERBITI)
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
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Udaipur stands in Udaipur, 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 Archdiocese of Agra.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AgraAgra
- Diocese of AjmerAjmer
- Diocese of AllahabadAllahabad
- Diocese of BareillyBareilly
- Diocese of JaipurJaipur
- Diocese of JhansiJhansi
- Diocese of LucknowLucknow
- Diocese of MeerutMeerut
- Diocese of VaranasiVaranasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Udaipur is the see city of this diocese (Latin: Udaipuren(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Agra in India.
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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.