Diocese of Meerut, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Meerut / Meeruten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Agra

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady Mediatrix of all Graces

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.02.20: Established as Diocese of Meerut / Meeruten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and became suffragan of Agra)
1972.03.23: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Bijnor

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Bhaskar Jesuraj (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Meerut (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bhaskar Jesuraj (58)
(2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Meerut (India)

Born:	1966.04.11 (Tanjore, India)
Ordained Priest:	1993.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.03.03

Priest of Agra (India) (1993.04.21 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop of Meerut (India) (2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Francis Kalist (66) (later Archbishop)
(2008.12.03 – 2022.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India)

For life and service

Born:	1957.11.23 (Ritapuram, India)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.02.08

Priest of Meerut (India) (1982.12.30 – 2008.12.03)

Bishop of Meerut (India) (2008.12.03 – 2022.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India) (2022.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Patrick Nair
(1974.04.05 – 2008.12.03)

Seva aur prem

Born:	1932.08.15 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1959.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.10.02
Died:	2017.10.07 († 85)

Bishop of Meerut (India) (1974.04.05 – 2008.12.03)

Archbishop Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap.
(1956.02.29 – 1973.08.03)

Born:	1908.04.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1932.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.10.28
Died:	1976.04.19 († 68)

Titular Archbishop of Brysis (1952.07.10 – 1956.02.29)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra (India) (1952.07.10 – 1956.02.29)

Archbishop-Bishop of Meerut (India) (1956.02.29 – 1973.08.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Oswald Joseph Lewis (80) (1997.11.21 – 2005.07.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Minor Basilica: Basilica of Our Lady of Graces, Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh

Delhi (↙), Simla and Chandigarh (↑), Bijnor (↗), Bareilly (→), Agra (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,337 km²

Population: 33,584 Catholics (0.1% of 38,954,780 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 55 missions

Personnel: 141 priests (62 diocesan, 79 religious), 814 religious (138 brothers, 676 sisters), 16 seminarians