Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Nagpur / Nagpuren(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Amravati, Aurangabad, Chanda
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales, Our Lady of Lourdes
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.12.03 – ...): | Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (63) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nagpur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (63) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) To reconcile and unite all things in Christ
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Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara
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Archbishop Leobard D’Souza
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Archbishop Leonard Joseph Raymond
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Archbishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S.
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Bishops of Nagpur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S.
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Bishop François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S.
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Bishop Étienne-Marie Bonaventure, M.S.F.S.
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Bishop Jean-Marie Crochet
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Bishop Charles-Félix Pelvat, M.S.F.S.
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Bishop Alexis Riccaz, M.S.F.S.
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Area: 59,024 km²
Population: 29,100 Catholics (0.2% of 13,717,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 159 priests (53 diocesan, 106 religious), 929 religious (404 brothers, 525 sisters), 20 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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