Archdiocese of Nagpur
Nagpuren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nagpur, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Maharashtra, India, erected as the Diocese of Nagpur on 11 July 1887 from the Diocese of Vizagapatam and elevated to archdiocese on 19 September 1953. Its seat is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Nagpur, and its suffragans are Amravati, Aurangabad, and the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Chanda. Catholics number about 25,500 (2014).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 1953
- Latin
- Nagpuren(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis de Sales and Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001002334
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,500
- Population
- 11,000,000
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 159
- Catholics per priest
- 160
- Extent
- 55,272 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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
- Elias Joseph Gonsalves
- Born
- 4 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Chulne
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
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, Nagpur stands in Nagpur, 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 Nagpur
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmravatiAmravati
- Diocese of AurangabadAurangabad
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].