Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi explained

Jurisdiction:Archdiocese
Delhi
Latin:Archidioecesis Delhiensis
Local:दिल्ली के सूबा
Country: India
Territory:New Delhi
Province:Delhi
Area Km2:15,420
Population:26,469,385
Population As Of:2013
Catholics:112,348
Catholics Percent:0.4
Parishes:84
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:13 April 1937
Cathedral:Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi
Patron:Sacred Heart of Jesus
Priests:259
Bishop Title:Archbishop
Metro Archbishop:Anil Joseph Thomas Couto
Suffragan:for one -->
Emeritus Bishops:Vincent Concessao
Map:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi in India.jpg
Website:Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi (Latin: Delhien(sis)) 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

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)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Simla
Metropolitan Archbishops of Delhi and Simla
Metropolitan Archbishops of Delhi

Ecclesiastical province

Delhi's ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan dioceses:

Sources and external links

See also

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