Archdiocese of Patna
Patnen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Patna, India
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Bihar, India, erected as the Diocese of Patna on 10 September 1919 from the Diocese of Allahabad and elevated to archdiocese in 1999. Its seat is the Queen of Apostles Cathedral in Patna, with suffragans Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Buxar, Muzaffarpur, and Purnea. Catholics number about 54,100 (2005).
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 March 1999
- Latin
- Patnen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002560
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,120
- Population
- 24,709,333
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 148
- Catholics per priest
- 366
- Extent
- 28,808 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Sebastian Kallupura
- Born
- 14 July 1953
- Birthplace
- Kottiyoor
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
Queen of Apostles Cathedral, Patna stands in Patna, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Pro-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Patna.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Patna
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BettiahBettiah
- Diocese of BhagalpurBhagalpur
- Diocese of BuxarBuxar
- Diocese of MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpur
- Diocese of PurneaPurnea
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Patna, in the Indian state of Bihar, serves as the episcopal see of this Latin Church archdiocese (Latin: Patnen(sis)). As a metropolitan see, it presides over an ecclesiastical province that counts five suffragan dioceses.
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].