Diocese of Allahabad, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Allahabad / Allahabaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Agra

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1886.09.01: Established as Diocese of Allahabad / Allahabaden(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Patna)
1887.06.07: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta and became suffragan of Agra
1892.04.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah
1919.09.19: Lost territory to Diocese of Patna
1931.03.03: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Indore
1932.07.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore
1940.01.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lucknow and Apostolic Prefecture of Jhansi
1946.07.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur
1947.07.09: Gained territory from Apostolic Prefecture of Gorakhpur

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.17 – ...):

Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Allahabad (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (64)
(2023.06.17 – ...)

Bishop of Allahabad (India)

Born:	1959.09.29 (Kelmbet, India)
Ordained Priest:	1989.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.08.24

Priest of Allahabad (India) (1989.04.04 – 2023.06.17)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (2023.06.17 – ...)

Bishop Raphy Manjaly (66) (later Archbishop)
(2013.10.17 – 2020.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

To bring together people of God

Born:	1958.02.07 (Vendere, India)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.04.30

Priest of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1983.05.11 – 1984)

Priest of Agra (India) (1984 – 2007.02.24)

Bishop of Varanasi (India) (2007.02.24 – 2013.10.17)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (2013.10.17 – 2020.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (2020.11.12 – ...)

Bishop Ignatius Menezes (88)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.01.31 – 2013.10.17)

Bishop Isidore Fernandes
(1988.05.05 – 2013.01.31)

Born:	1947.01.02 (Kalathur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1972.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.08.04
Died:	2023.04.26 (Allahabad, India † 76)

Priest of Allahabad (India) (1972.10.28 – 1988.05.05)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1988.05.05 – 2013.01.31)

Bishop Baptist Mudartha
(1976.03.01 – 1988.05.05)

Born:	1911.09.09 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.10.20
Died:	2007.05.30 († 95)

Titular Bishop of Idebessus (1963.07.06 – 1967.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jhansi (India) (1963.07.06 – 1967.11.29)

Bishop of Jhansi (India) (1967.11.29 – 1976.03.01)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1976.03.01 – 1988.05.05)

Bishop Alfred Fernández
(1970.06.25 – 1975.12.15)

Born:	1915.09.08 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.29
Died:	1983.01.27 († 67)

Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India) (1967.04.13 – 1970.06.25)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1970.06.25 – 1975.12.15)

Bishop Raymond D’Mello
(1964.04.21 – 1969.12.20)

Born:	1907.03.27 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1937.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.04.06
Died:	1971.11.24 († 64)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1959.02.05 – 1964.04.21)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1964.04.21 – 1969.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Glenndálocha (1969.12.20 – 1971.11.24)

Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond (later Archbishop)
(1947.04.10 – 1964.01.16)

Born:	1899.09.06 (Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:	1926.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.07.16
Died:	1974.02.01 († 74)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1947.04.10 – 1964.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1964.01.16 – 1974.02.01)

Bishop Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1917.12.18 – 1946.07.11)

Born:	1878.09.13
Ordained Priest:	1901.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.11.30
Died:	1970.01.03 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Curium (1915.03.13 – 1917.12.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1915.03.13 – 1917.12.18)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1917.12.18 – 1946.07.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Lucknow (India) (1940 – 1946)

Apostolic Administrator of Jhansi (India) (1940 – 1946.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Perta (1946.07.11 – 1965.11.19)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1965.11.19 – 1970.01.03)

Bishop Pierre-François Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap.
(1904.08.25 – 1917.12.18)

Born:	1843.12.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1868.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.10.18
Died:	1917.12.18 († 74)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1904.08.25 – 1917.12.18)

Bishop Victor Gaetano Sinibaldi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1899.09.27 – 1902.01.05)

Born:	1844.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.11.30
Died:	1902.01.05 († 57)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1899.09.27 – 1902.01.05)

Bishop Charles Joseph Gentili, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1897.03.29 – 1898.08.27)

Born:	1840.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.06.29
Died:	1917.01.06 († 76)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1897.03.29 – 1898.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1898.08.27 – 1917.01.06)

Bishop Francis Pesci, O.F.M. Cap.
(1886.09.01 – 1896.07.09)

Born:	1833.08.23 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.08.14
Died:	1896.07.09 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Marciana (1881.05.24 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Patna (India) (1881.05.24 – 1886.09.01)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1886.09.01 – 1896.07.09)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Joseph Angel Poli, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop) (1915.03.13 – 1917.12.18)

Diocese of

Allahabad

India

Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Statistics (2021.12.31)