Roman Catholic Diocese of Prayagraj

Roman Catholic diocese in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Diocese of Prayagraj

Dioecesis Prayagrajensis

प्रयागराज के सूबा

Location
Country| India
Ecclesiastical province| Agra
Metropolitan| Agra
Statistics
Area| 45,215 km2 (17,458 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2012)
32,644,000
13,525 (0.0%)
Parishes| 39
Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Cathedral| St. Joseph's Cathedral
Patron saint| Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Most Rev. Louis Mascarenhas
Metropolitan Archbishop| Mar Raphy Manjaly
Vicar General| Louis 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[edit]

* 1845: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Patna from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan
* 1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Prayagraj

## Leadership[edit]

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[edit]

* Ven. Anastasius Hartmann, Apostolic Vicar of Patna, which was later promoted as the diocese of Prayagraj.[2]

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* GCatholic.org [self-published]
* Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]

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Christianity in Prayagraj

Churches|

* All Saints Cathedral
* St. Joseph’s Cathedral

Dioceses|

* Diocese of Lucknow (Church of North India)
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Prayagraj

Missionaries|

* John Lawrence Goheen
* Sam Higginbottom
* William H. Wiser

Societies|

* American Presbyterian Mission

Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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