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Archbishop Of Agra
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra ( la, Agraën(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. It comproses the following districts in Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, Etawah, Farrukabad, Firozabad, Gautambudha Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Mathura and in Rajasthan: Bharatpur and Dholpur. Its cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of Agra. History * Established in 1784 as Mission “sui iuris” of Hindustan, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Great Mogul * Promoted in 1820 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan, hence entitled to a titular bishop. * 1846: Promoted as Diocese of Agra, ceasing its missionary status * 1 September 1886: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra, yet remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Ordinaries ''(all Latin Rite, till 1982 missionary members of a Latin Congregation) ''Ecclesiastical Supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception 2
A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic Church, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicanism, Anglican, and some Lutheranism, Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastery, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
