Suffragan diocese Jabalpur, India
Diocese of Jabalpur
Iabalpuren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Madhya Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal. Erected as a diocese on 5 July 1954, elevated from the Apostolic Prefecture of Jabalpur (1932, from the Dioceses of Allahabad and Nagpur). Its seat is the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Jabalpur.
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- Established
- 1954
- Catholics
- 28,787
- Priests
- 136
- Territory
- 52,980 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Jabalpur stands in Jabalpur, 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
Located in the city of Jabalpur in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jabalpur (Latin: Iabalpuren(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bhopal.