Diocese of Jaipur
Iaipuren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jaipur, India
Latin-rite diocese in Rajasthan, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. Created 20 July 2005 when the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Malviya Nagar, Jaipur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 July 2005
- Latin
- Iaipuren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Annunciation
- Annuario code
- 001001710
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,096
- Population
- 25,828,271
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 82
- Catholics per priest
- 50
- Extent
- 129,060 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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 Kallarackal
- Born
- 10 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Anavilasam
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 Our Lady of the Annunciation, Jaipur stands in Jaipur, 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 Agra.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AgraAgra
- Diocese of AjmerAjmer
- Diocese of AllahabadAllahabad
- Diocese of BareillyBareilly
- 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
On 20 July 2005 the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split, and from that division the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur (Dioecesis Iaipurensis) in India came into being. Twenty-one districts of the state of Rajasthan fall within its boundaries. What had been the parish church of Our Lady of the Annunciation at Malviya Nagar now serves as the cathedral for the diocese. As a suffragan see it answers to the Archdiocese of Agra. Around it lie the Diocese of Ajmer to the south; the Archdiocese of Delhi, the Diocese of Jalandhar, and the Diocese of Simla-Chandigarh to the north; the Archdiocese of Agra and the Diocese of Gwalior to the east; and, on the western side, Pakistan.
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].