Archdiocese of Delhi
Delhien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Delhi, India
The Archdiocese of Delhi is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern India, with suffragans including Jammu-Srinagar, Jalandhar, and Simla-Chandigarh. Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto has led the see since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 June 1959
- Latin
- Delhien(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001288
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 112,348
- Population
- 26,469,385
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 259
- Catholics per priest
- 434
- Extent
- 15,420 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.3
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
- Anil Joseph Thomas Couto
- Born
- 22 September 1954
- Birthplace
- Pomburpa
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi stands in Delhi, 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 Delhi
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Jammu-SrinagarJammu-Srinagar
- Diocese of JullundurJullundur
- Diocese of Simla and ChandigarhChandigarh
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In northern India, the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi (Latin: Delhien(sis)) stands as a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the national capital city of New Delhi, serves as its cathedral archiepiscopal see.
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].