Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur, India 🇮🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Nagpur / Nagpuren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Amravati, Aurangabad

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales, Our Lady of Lourdes

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1887.07.11: Established as Diocese of Nagpur / Nagpuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Vizagapatam and became suffragan of Madras)
1895: Gained territory from Diocese of Vizagapatam
1931.03.03: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Indore
1932.07.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore
1951.06.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sambalpur
1951.12.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Raigarh–Ambikapur
1953.09.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur / Nagpuren(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Jabalpur)
1955.05.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Amravati and gained suffragan see Amravati
1962.03.31: Lost territory to establish Ordinariate of Chanda
1963.09.13: Lost suffragan see Jabalpur
1964.01.16: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur
1977.02.26: Gained suffragan see Chanda
1977.12.17: Gained suffragan see Aurangabad
2025.08.28: Lost suffragan see Chanda

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.12.03 – ...):

Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Nagpur (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (64)
(2018.12.03 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

To reconcile and unite all things in Christ

Born:	1961.07.04 (Chulne, India)
Ordained Priest:	1990.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.29

Priest of Bombay (India) (1990.04.11 – 1998.05.22)

Priest of Vasai (India) (1998.05.22 – 2012.07.11)

Bishop of Amravati (India) (2012.07.11 – 2018.12.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Amravati (India) (2018.12.03 – 2023.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (2018.12.03 – ...)

Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara
(1998.01.17 – 2018.04.19)

Duniya ke lee masseh

Born:	1943.06.05 (Kallara, India)
Ordained Priest:	1969.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.07.13
Died:	2018.04.19 (New Delhi, India † 74)

Bishop of Khandwa (India) (1977.03.04 – 1998.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1998.01.17 – 2018.04.19)

Archbishop Leobard D’Souza
(1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17)

Born:	1930.01.18 (Igatpuri, India)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.12.03
Died:	2005.12.19 (Nagpur, India † 75)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1988 – 1991)

Archbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond
(1964.01.16 – 1974.02.01)

Born:	1899.09.06 (Karachi, 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)

Archbishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S.
(1953.09.19 – 1963.09.13)

Love is Jesus Christ

Born:	1917.11.15 (Nagpur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1944.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.10.03
Died:	2003.03.18 († 85)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1951.07.12 – 1953.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1953.09.19 – 1963.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India) (1963.09.13 – 1994.03.26)

Bishops of Nagpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S. (later Archbishop)
(1951.07.12 – 1953.09.19)

(see above)

Bishop Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S.
(1934.02.01 – 1950.08.26)

Born:	1885.01.19 (La Chapelle-Blanche, France)
Ordained Priest:	1908.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.06.24
Died:	1950.08.26 († 65)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1934.02.01 – 1950.08.26)

Bishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S.
(1907.06.22 – 1933.03.16)

Born:	1867.01.05 (Les-Gêts, France)
Ordained Priest:	1890.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.09.15
Died:	1933.03.16 († 66)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1907.06.22 – 1933.03.16)

Bishop Étienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S.
(1904.09.17 – 1907.03.12)

Born:	1851.04.26 (Dingy-Saint-Clair, France)
Ordained Priest:	1877.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.02.05
Died:	1907.03.12 († 55)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1904.09.17 – 1907.03.12)

Bishop Jean-Marie Crochet
(1900.10.25 – 1903.06.06)

Born:	1844.03.27 (Chilly, France)
Ordained Priest:	1869.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.02.10
Died:	1903.06.06 († 59)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1900.10.25 – 1903.06.06)

Bishop Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S.
(1893.10.02 – 1900.07.23)

Born:	1845.12.13 (Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame, France)
Ordained Priest:	1871?
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.12.10
Died:	1900.07.23 († 54)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1893.10.02 – 1900.07.23)

Bishop Alexis Riccaz, M.S.F.S.
(1887.08.02 – 1892.09.08)

Born:	1834.01.26 (Saint-Jean-d’Arves, France)
Ordained Priest:	1861.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.11.20
Died:	1892.09.08 († 58)

Bishop of Nagpur (India) (1887.08.02 – 1892.09.08)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sylvester Monteiro (1993.12.06 – 1999.02.09)