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Metropolitan see Raipur, India

Archdiocese of Raipur

Raipuren(sis)

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Chhattisgarh, India, established as an apostolic prefecture on 16 January 1964, elevated to diocese on 5 July 1973, and made a metropolitan archdiocese on 27 February 2004. Its seat is St. Joseph's Cathedral in Raipur, with suffragans Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Jashpur, and Raigarh, serving about 73,000 Catholics (2010).

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph's Cathedral, Raipur, in Raipur, India.

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Established
1973
Catholics
72,997
Priests
182
Territory
60,819 km²

Parishes and churches

71 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Victor Henry Thakur
Born
1 July 1954
Birthplace
Chakhni

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The cathedral

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Raipur stands in Raipur, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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