Suffragan diocese Varanasi, India
Diocese of Varanasi
Varanasien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India, established 11 July 1946 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur from the Diocese of Allahabad and promoted to a diocese in 1970. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra, seated at St Mary's Cathedral in Varanasi.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 18,259
- Priests
- 157
- Territory
- 21,395 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ the King ChurchMughalsaraiView parish
- Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchMirpurView parish
- Nitya Sahaya Mata ChurchParjipahView parish
- Our Lady of Annunciation ChurchNandganjView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchBhadohiView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchBirabhantiView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchMajhgainView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchMauView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima ChurchMawaiyaView parish
- Our Lady of Health ChurchBalliaView parish
- Our lady of Lourdes ChurchGazipurView parish
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help ChurchSohaonView parish
- Our Lady of Poor (of Banneux) ChurchMariabadView parish
- Our Lady of Sorrows ChurchHartmanpurView parish
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception ChurchSikanderpurView parish
- Our Lady of the Rosary ChurchBaijalpurView parish
- Our Lady Under the Title of Queen of the World ChurchVaranasiView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ChurchZamaniaView parish
- St. Fidelis, Martyr ChurchRasulpurView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchFrancispurView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchNagwaView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchRamnagarView parish
- St. Francis of Assisi ChurchTajopurView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ChurchAzamgarhView parish
- St. Gonzalo Gracia, Martyr ChurchIndaraView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchChandauliView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchDLWView parish
- St. John the Baptist ChurchMarhauliView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchBhitriView parish
- St. Joseph ChurchRaghuvarganjView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Eugene Joseph
- Born
- 31 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Rajakamangalam
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The cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral, Varanasi stands in Varanasi, 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
In Uttar Pradesh, northern India's vast state, the Diocese of Varanasi (Latin: Varanasien[sis]) serves as a Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Agra. St. Mary's Cathedral in the city of Varanasi is its cathedral episcopal see.