Diocese of Bareilly
Bareillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bareilly, India
Latin rite diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, erected on 19 January 1989 from the Diocese of Lucknow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, with the Cathedral of St. Alphonsus de Liguori in Bareilly as its seat. Its patron is Our Lady of Nativity.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 January 1989
- Latin
- Bareillen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Nativity
- Annuario code
- 001000829
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,985
- Population
- 10,555,125
- Catholic share
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 77
- Extent
- 32,229 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Ignatius D'Souza
- Born
- 4 August 1964
- Birthplace
- Basrikatte
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 St. Alphonsus de Liguori, Bareilly stands in Bareilly, 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 JaipurJaipur
- Diocese of JhansiJhansi
- Diocese of LucknowLucknow
- Diocese of MeerutMeerut
- Diocese of UdaipurUdaipur
- Diocese of VaranasiVaranasi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Bareilly, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Bareillen(sis)) belongs to India's ecclesiastical province of Agra.
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].