Diocese of Poona
Poonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Poona, India
Latin-rite diocese in Maharashtra, India, established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Poona in 1854 from the Vicariate of Bombay and erected a diocese on 1 September 1886. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bombay, its seat is St. Patrick's Cathedral in Pune and it covers the Pune, Satara, Solapur, and Sangli districts plus Kolhapur city, with about 64,200 Catholics (2005).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 September 1886
- Latin
- Poonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002627
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 64,234
- Population
- 24,305,883
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 194
- Catholics per priest
- 331
- Extent
- 49,687 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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
- Simon Almeida
- Born
- 4 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Ghas
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. Patrick's Cathedral, Pune stands in Poona, 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 Bombay
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bombay.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BombayBombay
- Diocese of NashikNashik
- Diocese of VasaiVasai
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Pune within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mumbai, the Diocese of Poona takes in the civil districts of Pune, Satara, Solapur, and Sangli, together with Kolhapur city. St. Patrick's Church, which still serves as the cathedral, was built in 1850. On March 8, 1854, Poona was separated from Bombay to become a Vicariate Apostolic, and its care was entrusted to the Jesuits.
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].