Diocese of Ajmer, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ajmer / Aimeren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Agra

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Saint Francis of Assisi

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1890.07: Established as Mission sui juris of Rajputana (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra)
1892.03.17: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Rajputana (became suffragan of Agra)
1913.05.22: Promoted as Diocese of Ajmer
1931.03.03: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Indore
1951.06.21: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra
1955.05.13: Renamed as Diocese of Ajmer–Jaipur / Aimeren(sis)–Iaipuren(sis) (Latin)
1963.09.13: Lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal
1973.04.03: Lost territory to Apostolic Exarchate of Sagar
1981.03.11: Lost territory to Diocese of Indore
1984.12.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Udaipur
2005.07.20: Renamed as Diocese of Ajmer / Aimeren(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Jaipur)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.03.01 – ...):

Bishop-elect John Carvalho (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ajmer (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect John Carvalho (55)
(2025.03.01 – ...)

Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Born:	1969.04.10 (Margoli, India)
Ordained Priest:	1996.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.05.11

Priest of Ajmer (India) (1996.05.13 – 2025.03.01)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (2025.03.01 – ...)

Bishop Oswald Joseph Lewis (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.03.23 – 2025.03.01)

Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza (70)
(2012.11.03 – 2024.06.01)

Bishop emeritus of Ajmer (India)

Put to serve

Born:	1954.05.04 (Bantwal, India)
Ordained Priest:	1982.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.01.19

Priest of Lucknow (India) (1982.03.28 – 1989.01.19)

Priest of Bareilly (India) (1989.01.19 – 2012.11.03)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (2012.11.03 – 2024.06.01)

Bishop Ignatius Menezes (89)
(1978.11.15 – 2012.11.03)

Bishop emeritus of Ajmer (India)

Born:	1936.01.03 (Agrar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.02.17

Priest of Lucknow (India) (1963.12.21 – 1978.11.15)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (1978.11.15 – 2012.11.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Allahabad (India) (2013.01.31 – 2013.10.17)

Bishops of Ajmer–Jaipur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leo D’Mello
(1955.05.13 – 1978.11.15)

Born:	1903.07.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1931.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.10.02
Died:	1987.12.13 († 84)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (1949.04.21 – 1955.05.13)

Bishop of Ajmer–Jaipur (India) (1955.05.13 – 1978.11.15)

Bishops of Ajmer (Roman Rite)

Bishop Leo D’Mello
(1949.04.21 – 1955.05.13)

(see above)

Bishop Guy-Léandre Le Floch, O.F.M. Cap.
(1939.06.13 – 1946.08.09)

Born:	1886.12.15 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.08.24
Died:	1946.08.09 († 59)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (1939.06.13 – 1946.08.09)

Bishop Mathurin-Pie Le Ruyet, O.F.M. Cap.
(1931.06.08 – 1938.07.04)

Born:	1870.11.28 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1895.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.10.28
Died:	1961.06.09 († 90)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (1931.06.08 – 1938.07.04)

Titular Bishop of Alexandria minor (1938.07.04 – 1961.06.09)

Bishop Fortunat-Henri Caumont, O.F.M. Cap.
(1913.05.22 – 1930.04.04)

Born:	1871.12.10 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.10.28
Died:	1930.04.04 († 58)

Bishop of Ajmer (India) (1913.05.22 – 1930.04.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Ajmer, Rājasthān

Gandhinagar (↙), Rajkot (↙), Hyderabad (←), Multan (↖), Jaipur (↗), Gwalior (→), Jhabua (↓), Udaipur (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 146,680 km²

Population: 7,650 Catholics (0.0% of 23,768,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 74 priests (51 diocesan, 23 religious), 517 religious (26 brothers, 491 sisters), 17 seminarians