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Bishop Of Ajmer
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer () is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra, Agra in northwestern India, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Ajmer, Rajasthan state. Statistics As per 2014, it pastorally served 9,980 Catholics (0.0% of 22,073,000 total) on 146,690 km² in 10 parishes and 25 missions with 60 priests (40 diocesan, 20 religious), 479 lay religious (27 brothers, 452 sisters) and 18 seminarians. History * Established in 1890 as mission of Rajputana, on colonial territory split off from its metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Agra * Promoted in 1891 as ''Apostolic Vicariate of Rajputana''. At this date the district had only one mission station, Jaipur. Besides this, a Catholic priest resided at Ajmer in charge of a small community of Eurasians and Goans, and there were also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Agra
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra () is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. It comprises 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. * Name changed in 1846 to Apostolic Vicariate of Agra * 1 September 1886: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra, yet remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Ordinaries ''(all Latin Church, Latin Rite, till 1982 missionary members of a Latin Congregation)'' ''Ecclesiastical Superiors of Hindu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
