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.
- St. Joseph the Worker ChurchLohataView parish
- St. Joseph, the Worker ChurchRatsarView parish
- St. Jude ChurchBhimpuraView parish
- St. Norbert ChurchGhosiView parish
- St. Patrick ChurchJaunpurView parish
- St. Paul ChurchChuharpurView parish
- St. Pius X ChurchBahadurganjView parish
- St. Therese of Lisieux ChurchJamwaonView parish
- St. Thomas the Apostle ChurchBenipurView parish
- St. Thomas, the Apostle ChurchShahganjView parish
- St. Vincent De Paul ChurchHardiaView 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.