Metropolitan see Raipur, India
Archdiocese of Raipur
Raipuren(sis)
Latin Church
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).
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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.
- RajnandgaonRajnandgaonView parish
- RisaliRisaliView parish
- RisdaRisdaView parish
- RoleRoleView parish
- Sakti Mass CentreSaktiView parish
- SankraSankraView parish
- SarsiwaSarsiwaView parish
- ShantinagarShantinagarView parish
- TaldeoriTaldeoriView parish
- TatibandTatibandView parish
- TildaTildaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.