Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur

{{Short description|Roman Catholic diocese in Rajasthan, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox diocese

| jurisdiction = Diocese

| name = Jaipur

| latin = Dioecesis Iaipurensis

| local = जयपुर के सूबा

| image = Jaipur - Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation - 2.jpg

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| image_alt = The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Jaipur

| caption = The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Jaipur

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| country = {{flag|India}}

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| province = Agra

| metropolitan = Agra

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| area_km2 = 129,060

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| population = 25,828,271

| population_as_of = 2006

| catholics = 4,096

| catholics_percent = 0.0

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| denomination = Catholic

| sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

| rite = Roman Rite

| established = 20 July 2005

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| cathedral = Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Jaipur

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| patron = Our Lady of the Annunciation

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| bishop = Joseph Kallarackal

| metro_archbishop = Raphy Manjaly

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| emeritus_bishops = Oswald Lewis

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur (Dioecesis Iaipurensis) in India was created on 20 July 2005, when the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Agra. The parish church Our Lady of the Annunciation at Malviya Nagar is now the cathedral for the diocese.

The diocese covers 21 districts of the state of Rajasthan. Neighboring dioceses are the Diocese of Ajmer to the south, the Archdiocese of Delhi, the Diocese of Jalandhar and the Diocese of Simla-Chandigarh to the north, the Archdiocese of Agra and the Diocese of Gwalior to the east and Pakistan to the west.

Leadership

  • Oswald Lewis (20 July 2005{{cite press release | access-date = 24 April 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office |url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/07/20/0384/00906.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 20.07.2005 | language = it }} – 22 April 2023){{cite press release | access-date = 24 April 2023 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date= 22 April 2023 | title= Resignations and Appointments, 22.04.2023 | url =https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/04/22/230422c.html }}
  • Joseph Kallarackal (22 April 2023 – present)

References

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