Archdiocese of Bhopal
Bhopalen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bhopal, India
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Madhya Pradesh, India, established as an archdiocese on 13 September 1963 by Pope Paul VI. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Bhopal, and its suffragans include Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain. Its patron is St. Francis of Assisi.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 September 1963
- Latin
- Bhopalen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis of Assisi
- Annuario code
- 001000898
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 13,214
- Population
- 4,255,000
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 150
- Catholics per priest
- 88
- Extent
- 20,387 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Archbishop
- Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D.
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. Francis of Assisi, Bhopal stands in Bhopal, 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 Bhopal
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GwaliorGwalior
- Diocese of IndoreIndore
- Diocese of JabalpurJabalpur
- Diocese of JhabuaJhabua
- Diocese of KhandwaKhandwa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].