Diocese of Vasai
Vasaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vasai, India
Latin-rite diocese north of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India, erected 22 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II in the historic Bassein (Vasai) region of Portuguese-era Christianity. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bombay, seated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Papdy.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 May 1998
- Latin
- Vasaien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000079
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 135,677
- Population
- 3,625,000
- Catholic share
- 3.7%
- Priests
- 185
- Catholics per priest
- 733
- Extent
- 7,596 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thomas D'Souza
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Papdy, Vasai stands in Vasai, 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.
The province of Bombay
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bombay.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BombayBombay
- Diocese of NashikNashik
- Diocese of PoonaPoona
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Vasai is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Vasaien(sis)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Bombay in India.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].