Diocese of Gwalior
Gwalioren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gwalior, India
The Diocese of Gwalior is a Latin rite diocese in Madhya Pradesh, India, erected in 1999 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal. Its seat is the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Gwalior.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 February 1999
- Latin
- Gwalioren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001560
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,900
- Population
- 6,010,000
- Catholic share
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 117
- Extent
- 33,583 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Joseph Thykkattil
- Born
- 14 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Enamakkal
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 John the Baptist, Gwalior stands in Gwalior, 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
A suffragan of Bhopal.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BhopalBhopal
- Diocese of IndoreIndore
- Diocese of JabalpurJabalpur
- Diocese of JhabuaJhabua
- Diocese of KhandwaKhandwa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Gwalior in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gwalior (Latin: Gwalioren(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bhopal.
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].