Suffragan diocese Jhansi, India
Diocese of Jhansi
Ihansien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra. Established as an Apostolic Prefecture on 12 January 1940 from the Diocese of Allahabad and promoted to a diocese on 5 July 1954. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Anthony in Jhansi.
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- Established
- 1940
- Catholics
- 3,782
- Priests
- 79
- Territory
- 29,418 km²
Parishes and churches
38 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Peter’s MissionTalbehatView parish
- St. Rita’s Mission / ShrineManikpurView parish
- St. Thomas MissionKarwiView parish
- St. Xavier’s MissionBabinaView parish
- St. Xavier’s MissionBHELView parish
- St. Xavier’s MissionNayakhedaView parish
- St. Xavier’s MissionSimravariView parish
- Velankanni Mata MissionNarainiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Wilfred Gregory Moras
- Born
- 13 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Neerude
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The cathedral
St Anthony's Cathedral, Jhansi stands in Jhansi, 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
Seated in the city of Jhansi in India, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi (Latin: Ihansien[sis])) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Agra.