Diocese of Prayagraj

Dioecesis Prayagrajensis

प्रयागराज के सूबा
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceAgra
MetropolitanAgra
Statistics
Area45,215 km2 (17,458 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
32,644,000
13,525 (0.0%)
Parishes39
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt. Joseph's Cathedral
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMost Rev. Louis Mascarenhas
Metropolitan ArchbishopMar Raphy Manjaly
Vicar GeneralLouis Mascarenhas
Map
Website
www.dioceseofallahabad.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prayagraj (Latin: Prayagrajen(sis)) is a diocese with its see located in the city of Prayagraj in the Ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. The Diocese of Prayagraj is spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh. These are Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Ayodhya, Fatehpur, Kanpur City, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Rae Bareli, Sonbhadra, and Sultanpur.[1]

History

Leadership

Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (24 August 2023-till now)

    • Bishop Ignatius Menezes (1 February 2013 - 2 December 2013)
  • Bishops of Prayagraj (Latin Rite)
    • Bishop Mar Raphy Manjaly (3 December 2013 – 11 November 2020) - Syro Malabar Catholic Rite
    • Bishop Isidore Fernandes (5 May 1988 – 31 January 2013)
    • Bishop Baptist Mudartha (1 March 1976 – 5 May 1988)
    • Bishop Alfred Fernández (25 June 1970 – 15 December 1975)
    • Bishop Raymond D’Mello (21 April 1964 – 20 December 1969)
    • Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond (later Archbishop) (10 April 1947 – 16 January 1964)
    • Bishop Joseph Angel Poli, OFMCap (later Archbishop) (18 December 1917 – 11 July 1946)
    • Bishop Pierre-François Gramigna, OFMCap (25 August 1904 – 18 December 1917)
    • Bishop Victor Gaetano Sinibaldi, OFMCap (27 September 1899 – 5 January 1902)
    • Bishop Charles Joseph Gentili, OFMCap (later Archbishop) (29 March 1897 – 27 August 1898)
    • Bishop Francis Pesci, OFMCap (1 September 1886 – 9 July 1896)

Saints and causes for canonisation

References

  1. "Diocese of Prayagraj". Diocese of Allahabad.
  2. "Saints & Blessed – CCBI". Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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