Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur

Archdiocese of Nagpur
Archidioecesis Nagpurensis
नागपूर बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश

Photo of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral

St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Location
Country India
Statistics
Area 55,272 km2 (21,341 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
11,000,000
24,446 (0.2%)
Parishes 34
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of St Francis de Sales in Nagpur
Patron saint St Francis de Sales
Our Lady of Lourdes
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara
Vicar General Jerome Pinto
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur (Latin: Nagpuren(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in central India.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, in the city of Nagpur, capital of Maharashtra state.

History

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite, initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)

Suffragan Bishops of Nagpur
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nagpur

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and these Suffragan bishoprics, Latin Rite except one Syro-Oriental Rite :

Source and External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Nagpur.

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