Suffragan diocese Ambikapur, India
Diocese of Ambikapur
Ambikapuren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1977
- Catholics
- 97,369
- Priests
- 194
- Territory
- 22,337 km²
Parishes and churches
58 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catholic Church, LohridolLohridolView parish
- Catholic Church, ManendragarhManendragarhView parish
- Catholic Church, ManpurManpurView parish
- Catholic Church, NamnaNamnaView parish
- Catholic Church, PathraiPathraiView parish
- Catholic Church, PatoraPatoraView parish
- Catholic Church, PratappurPratappurView parish
- Catholic Church, PuranpaniPuranpaniView parish
- Catholic Church, RaiRaiView parish
- Catholic Church, RatasiliRatasiliView parish
- Catholic Church, SarbhokaSarbhokaView parish
- Catholic Church, ShantiparaShantiparaView parish
- Catholic Church, ShivnagarShivnagarView parish
- Catholic Church, SurSurView parish
- Catholic Church, UdaipurUdaipurView parish
- Catholic Church, WadrafnagarWadrafnagarView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, AmakherwaAmakherwaView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, Bhelai KhurdBhelai KhurdView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, Bilaspur (Bagicha Road)BilaspurView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, Dugla-KelhariDugla-KelhariView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, JhirmittiJhirmittiView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, KedmaKedmaView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, KherkotiKherkotiView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, KurthidanrKurthidanrView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, Pandey KarchaPandey KarchaView parish
- Catholic Mission Ashram, TilaidharTilaidharView parish
- Jyoti Ashram, JugimuraJugimuraView parish
- Vianney Ashram, AdraiAdraiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antonis Bara
- Born
- 2 March 1958
- Birthplace
- Bahora
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.