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Diocese of Amravati

Dioecesis Amravatensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Malcolm Sequeira, Bishop
  • Elias Joseph Gonsalves, Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 8 May 1955
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nagpur
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 46,090 (17,802 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.amravatidiocese.co.in/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Amravati Camp P.O., Amravati-444602, Maharashtra State, India
  • Telephone: (0721) 2663.171
  • Fax: 2666.403

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 May 1955ErectedArchdiocese of Nagpur (Amravati, Akola, Yeotmal, Buldana, Nander, Parbhana, and Aurungabad) Diocese of Amravati (erected)
29 July 1968Territory LostDiocese of Amravati
Archdiocese of Nagpur
Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda (Syro-Malabar) (erected)
17 December 1977Territory LostDiocese of Amravati (Districts of Aurangabad and Parbhani)
Archdiocese of Hyderabad (Districts of Bhir, Nanded, and Osmanabad)
Diocese of Aurangabad (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195815,9566,462,992.2%712198398812ap1960
197018,8008,400,000.2%18112964813127ap1971
19806,1595,842,000.1%15520307912914ap1981
19906,8137,967,000.1%184223091016417ap1991
19997,6708,380,810.1%25631247819020ap2000
20007,7288,386,310.1%26632241718519ap2001
20017,8358,396,310.1%29534230718621ap2002
20027,9409,941,903.1%29534233719422ap2003
20037,15510,041,903.1%31435204619723ap2004
20047,23010,141,903.1%29332225520123ap2005
20066,22410,182,215.1%31334183620723ap2007
20125,05410,930,000.0%319401261536719ap2013
20156,35511,412,000.1%348421511124220ap2016
20185,36011,266,653.0%35641130924820ap2019
20205,61011,517,930.0%35641136925620ap2021
20225,68011,259,000.1%3610461231323820ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 625, to Page 627

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