Suffragan diocese Poona, India
Diocese of Poona
Poonen(sis)
Latin Church
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).
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- Established
- 1886
- Catholics
- 64,234
- Priests
- 194
- Territory
- 49,687 km²
Parishes and churches
35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Joseph PanchganiSataraView parish
- St. JudeDehu RoadView parish
- St. SebastianDaundView parish
- St. TeresaPuneView parish
- St. XavierPuneView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Simon Almeida
- Born
- 4 November 1960
- Birthplace
- Ghas
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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.
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.
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