Diocese of

Allahabad

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Allahabad / Allahabaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Agra

Neighbouring Dioceses: Satna (โ†™), Jhansi (โ†), Lucknow (โ†–), Gorakhpur (โ†—), Varanasi (โ†’), Buxar (โ†’), Daltonganj (โ†˜), Ambikapur (โ†˜)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.17 โ€“ ...):Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (66)Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Allahabad (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (66)Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (66)
(2023.06.17 โ€“ ...)

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 โ€“ 2023.06.17)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (2023.06.17 โ€“ ...)

Archbishop Raphy Manjaly (68)Bishop Raphy Manjaly (68) (later Archbishop)
(2013.10.17 โ€“ 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 โ€“ 1984)

Priest of Agra (India) (1984 โ€“ 2007.02.24)

Bishop of Varanasi (India) (2007.02.24 โ€“ 2013.10.17)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (2013.10.17 โ€“ 2020.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (2020.11.12 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Ignatius Menezes (90)Bishop Ignatius Menezes (90)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.01.31 โ€“ 2013.10.17)

Bishop Isidore Fernandes
(1988.05.05 โ€“ 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 โ€  76)

Priest of Allahabad (India) (1972.10.28 โ€“ 1988.05.05)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1988.05.05 โ€“ 2013.01.31)

Bishop Baptist Mudartha
(1976.03.01 โ€“ 1988.05.05)

Born:1911.09.09 (Mangalore, India)
Ordained Priest:1942.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1963.10.20
Died:2007.05.30 (Allahabad, India โ€  95)

Titular Bishop of Idebessus (1963.07.06 โ€“ 1967.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jhansi (India) (1963.07.06 โ€“ 1967.11.29)

Bishop of Jhansi (India) (1967.11.29 โ€“ 1976.03.01)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1976.03.01 โ€“ 1988.05.05)

Bishop Alfred Fernรกndez
(1970.06.25 โ€“ 1975.12.15)

Born:1915.09.08 (Hyderabad, India)
Ordained Priest:1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1967.06.29
Died:1983.01.27 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India) (1967.04.13 โ€“ 1970.06.25)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1970.06.25 โ€“ 1975.12.15)

Bishop Raymond Dโ€™Mello
(1964.04.21 โ€“ 1969.12.20)

Born:1907.03.27 (Kirem, India)
Ordained Priest:1937.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:1959.04.06
Died:1971.11.24 (โ€  64)

Bishop of Mangalore (India) (1959.02.05 โ€“ 1964.04.21)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1964.04.21 โ€“ 1969.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Glenndรกlocha (1969.12.20 โ€“ 1971.11.24)

Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond (later Archbishop)
(1947.04.10 โ€“ 1964.01.16)

Born:1899.09.06 (Karachi, Pakistan)
Ordained Priest:1926.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:1947.07.16
Died:1974.02.01 (โ€  74)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1947.04.10 โ€“ 1964.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1964.01.16 โ€“ 1974.02.01)

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

Born:1878.09.13 (Casola Valsenio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1901.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:1915.11.30
Died:1970.01.03 (โ€  91)

Titular Bishop of Curium (1915.03.13 โ€“ 1917.12.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1915.03.13 โ€“ 1917.12.18)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1917.12.18 โ€“ 1946.07.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Lucknow (India) (1940 โ€“ 1946)

Apostolic Administrator of Jhansi (India) (1940 โ€“ 1946.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Perta (1946.07.11 โ€“ 1965.11.19)

Titular Archbishop of Perge (1965.11.19 โ€“ 1970.01.03)

Bishop Pierre-Franรงois Gramigna, O.F.M. Cap.
(1904.08.25 โ€“ 1917.12.18)

Born:1843.12.05 (Castel Bolognese, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1868.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1904.10.18
Died:1917.12.18 (โ€  74)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1904.08.25 โ€“ 1917.12.18)

Bishop Victor Gaetano Sinibaldi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1899.09.27 โ€“ 1902.01.05)

Born:1844.12.27 (Musiolo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1867?
Consecrated Bishop:1899.11.30
Died:1902.01.05 (โ€  57)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1899.09.27 โ€“ 1902.01.05)

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

Born:1840.11.19 (Bertinoro, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1863.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1897.06.29
Died:1917.01.06 (Agra, India โ€  76)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1897.03.29 โ€“ 1898.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1898.08.27 โ€“ 1917.01.06)

Bishop Francis Pesci, O.F.M. Cap.
(1886.09.01 โ€“ 1896.07.09)

Born:1833.08.23 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1857.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:1881.08.14
Died:1896.07.09 (โ€  62)

Titular Bishop of Marciana (1881.05.24 โ€“ 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Patna (India) (1881.05.24 โ€“ 1886.09.01)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1886.09.01 โ€“ 1896.07.09)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Satna (โ†™), Jhansi (โ†), Lucknow (โ†–), Gorakhpur (โ†—), Varanasi (โ†’), Buxar (โ†’), Daltonganj (โ†˜), Ambikapur (โ†˜)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 47,852 kmยฒ

Population: 9,051 Catholics (0.0% of 44,858,140 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes

Personnel: 92 priests (74 diocesan, 18 religious), 400 religious (24 brothers, 376 sisters), 10 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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