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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Jammu–Srinagar
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar () is a diocese located in the cities of Jammu and Srinagar in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi, Delhi in India. History Catholicism dates back to 1887 in Jammu and Kashmir. The Apostolic Prefecture of Kafiristan and Kashmir, Apostolic Prefecture of Kafirstan and Kashmir was erected from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore, Diocese of Lahore in 1887. The Prefecture, composed of Rawalpindi, Kashmir and Ladakh, was looked after by the Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, Mill Hill Missionary. Msgr. Ignatius Brouwer MHM was appointed as the first Prefect Apostolic with Rawalpindi as his headquarters. The Apostolic prefecture of Kashmir and Jammu was created on 17 January 1952. Msgr. George Shanks MHM was appointed as the Prefect Apostolic. On 4 May 1968 the Prefecture was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Jammu and Kashmir. The Prefecture was entrusted to the Capuchins of St. Joseph ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Delhi
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi () is a Latin Church Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the national capital city of New Delhi. History * 13 September 1910: Established as ''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Simla'', on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and Diocese of Lahore * 13 April 1937: Renamed as ''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla'' * 4 June 1959: Renamed as ''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi'', having lost territory to establish as suffragan the Diocese of Simla Pope John Paul II made two papal visits, in February 1986 and November 1999. Statistics , the diocese served 115,300 Catholics (0.4% of the total population of 26,810,000) in , with 60 parishes and 4 missions. Personnel consisted of 301 priests (130 diocesan, 171 religious), 1,006 religious (391 brothers, 615 sisters) and 25 seminarians. Ordinaries (all Latin Church) ...
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Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in Pakistan by population, fourth-most populous city in Pakistan. Located near the Soan River in north-western Punjab, it is the world's third largest Punjabi language, Punjabi-speaking city (after Lahore and Faisalabad). Rawalpindi is situated adjacent to Pakistan's capital Islamabad; and the two are jointly known as "twin cities", constituting a single Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area, contiguous metropolitan area. Prior to Islamabad's establishment, Rawalpindi served as the country's federal capital from 1959 to 1967. Located on the Pothohar Plateau of northern Punjab, Rawalpindi remained a small town of little importance up until the 18th century. The region is known for its ancient heritage, for instance the neighbouring city of T ...
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Christian Organizations Established In 1952
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title (), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term '' mashiach'' () (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.3 billion Christians around the world, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Americas, about 26% live in Europe, 24% live in sub-Saharan Africa, ...
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Christianity In Jammu And Kashmir
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose coming as the Messiah#Christianity, messiah (Christ (title), Christ) was Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament, prophesied in the Old Testament and chronicled in the New Testament. It is the Major religious groups, world's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in Christianity by country, 157 countries and territories. Christianity remains Christian culture, culturally diverse in its Western Christianity, Western and Eastern Christianity, Eastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerning Justification (theology), justification and the natur ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In India
The Catholic Church in India has one of the largest number of dioceses in Asia. The bishops of the Latin Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Syro-Malankara Catholic Church form the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI). This episcopal conference was established in 1944. By Type By typology, the dioceses are categorised as : *Major archepiscopial sees (Major archdioceses): 2 *Titular patriarchal see, metropolitan archdiocese: 1 *Metropolitan archdioceses: 29 *Archdiocese without suffragans: 1 *Dioceses: 141 *Titular episcopal see: 1 By Rite Out of the 174 dioceses in India, *Latin has 132 dioceses. * Syro-Malabar has 31 dioceses and * Syro-Malankara has 11 dioceses. By Ecclesiastical Provinces These are organised into 30 provinces comprising 24 Latin, 4 Syro-Malabar and 2 Syro-Malankara provinces. Latin Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces Province of Agra * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra ** Diocese of Ajmer ** Diocese of Allahabad ** Diocese of Bareil ...
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Peter Celestine Elampassery
Peter Celestine Elampassery OFM, Cap. (28 June 1938 – 27 May 2015) was the 2nd Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar. Early life Peter was born on 28 June 1938, in Muttuchira, Kerala, India. After completing matriculation he joined the Capuchins and took his vows in 1963. Priesthood Peter was ordained to the priesthood on 3 October 1966 in Order of Friars Minor Capuchin congregation. He worked in the Agra mission of the Capuchins for some time. He was appointed Superior of the Capuchins in Northern India in 1980. He was sent to Jammu-Srinagar Mission as the Pro-Prefect Apostolic. He was appointed first Vicar of the Diocese when it was created in 1986. He was transferred to Assam-Meghalaya Mission as the Provincial Delegate in 1997. Episcopate Elampassery was appointed 2nd Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar, India, on 3 April 1998. His Episcopal Ordination was on 6 September 1998 and he retired in 2014. He succeeded Bi ...
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Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal
Hippolytus Anthony Kunnunkal, OFM, Cap was an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first apostolic prefect and first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar. Early life Kunnunkal was born on 14 March 1921 in the city of Alappuzha in the state of Kerala, India. Priesthood Kunnunkal was ordained a Priest on 11 April 1951. He was a missionary priest belonging to Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Prefecture Kunnunkal was appointed Prefect Apostolic of Jammu and Kashmir on 11 November 1978. Episcopate Kunnunkal was consecrated Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu–Srinagar () is a diocese located in the cities of Jammu and Srinagar in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi, Delhi in India. History Catholicism dates back to 1887 in Jammu ... on 29 June 1986. While bishop of Jammu Sringar, he started an initiative to translate the Bible into Kashmiri, which would be ...
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Saint Joseph's Missionary Society Of Mill Hill
The Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), officially known as the Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill (), is a Catholic Church, Catholic society of apostolic life founded in 1866 by Herbert Vaughan, Herbert A. Vaughan. History The society was founded in 1866 by Herbert Vaughan, Herbert A. Vaughan. In 1871, Pope Pius IX requested members be sent to America to work with the newly freed African Americans. In 1892, the members in North American were granted independence as the Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites), was formed. The society was formerly based at St Joseph's College at Mill Hill in north London. The late 1960s saw the development of the Missionary Institute of London to consolidate training facilities for the various mission societies in Britain. St Joseph's College site was closed in 2006. Its present headquarters are at 6 Colby Gardens in Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7GZ. In 1884, St Peter's School, Freshfield, near Liverpool was founded to serve ...
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Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India and China since 1959.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TERTIARY, tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting WP:DUE, due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicised usage, as is the term "occupied", (see (j) below). (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and wester ...
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Kashmir
Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. The term has since also come to encompass a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. It is bounded by the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang to the northeast and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the east (both parts of China), by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south, by Pakistan to the west, and by Afghanistan to the northwest. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan a ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Lahore
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lahore is a Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese in Punjab province, Pakistan. Its episcopal seat is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore. History In 1594 the Mughal emperor Akbar invited some Catholic priests from Goa to take up permanent residence at his court. This group of missionaries, all Jesuits, once they arrived in the Punjab, were able to build a church, where they celebrated Christian rites, and began to receive adults into the Church. A quasi diocese, which later became the Archdiocese of Lahore, was established by the Holy See in 1880 as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Punjab, on territory taken from the Apostolic Vicariate of Agra (which itself later also became a Metropolitan Archdiocese). On 1 September 1886 this Vicariate Apostolic of the Punjab was given enhanced status and renamed, becoming the Diocese of Lahore. In various stages, as other missionary circumscriptions were founded in the area, successful ceded ...
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Latin Church
The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' churches in full communion with the pope; the other 23 are collectively referred to as the Eastern Catholic Churches, and they have approximately 18 million members combined. The Latin Church is directly headed by the pope in his role as the bishop of Rome, whose ''cathedra'' as a bishop is located in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, Italy. The Latin Church both developed within and strongly influenced Western culture; as such, it is sometimes called the Western Church (), which is reflected in one of the pope's traditional titles in some eras and contexts, the Patriarch of the West. It is also known as the Roman Church (), the Latin Catholic Church, and in some contexts as the Roman Catholic (t ...
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