Diocese of Ambikapur
Ambikapuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ambikapur, India
Latin rite diocese in Chhattisgarh, India, erected on 10 November 1977 from the Diocese of Raigarh-Ambikapur. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Raipur, with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Mother of God in Ambikapur as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1977
- Latin
- Ambikapuren(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Mother of God
- Annuario code
- 001000673
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 97,369
- Population
- 2,870,000
- Catholic share
- 3.4%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 502
- Extent
- 22,337 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Antonis Bara
- Born
- 2 March 1958
- Birthplace
- Bahora
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 the Immaculate Mother of God, Ambikapur stands in Ambikapur, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Raipur.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of RaipurRaipur
- Diocese of JashpurJashpur
- Diocese of RaigarhRaigarh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within India's ecclesiastical province of Raipur, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambikapur (Latin: Ambikapuren(sis)) has its seat in the city of Ambikapur.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].