The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prayagraj ( la, Prayagrajen(sis)) is a

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with its see located in the city of

Prayagraj Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

in the

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in India. The Diocese of Prayagraj is spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh. These are Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Ayodhya, Fatehpur, Kanpur City, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Rae Bareli, Sonbhadra, and Sultanpur.

History

* 1845: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Patna from the

Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra ( la, Agraën(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. It comproses the following districts in Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, E ...

* 1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Prayagraj

Leadership

Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (24 August 2023-till now) ** Bishop Ignatius Menezes (1 February 2013 - 2 December 2013) *

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s of Prayagraj (

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) ** Bishop Mar Raphy Manjaly (3 December 2013 – 11 November 2020) - Syro Malabar Catholic Rite **

Bishop Isidore Fernandes Isidore Fernandes (born 2 January 1947) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Allahabad from 1988 until 2013. Early life Isidore was born in Kalathur, Udupi on 2 January 1947, to Casmi ...

(5 May 1988 – 31 January 2013) ** Bishop

Baptist Mudartha Baptist Mudartha (born 9 Sep 1911 in Mangalore – 30 May 2007) was an Indian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad The Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad ( la, Allahabaden(sis)) is a diocese with its see locat ...

(1 March 1976 – 5 May 1988) ** Bishop

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(25 June 1970 – 15 December 1975) ** Bishop Raymond D’Mello (21 April 1964 – 20 December 1969) ** Bishop

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(later Archbishop) (10 April 1947 – 16 January 1964) ** Bishop

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(later Archbishop) (18 December 1917 – 11 July 1946) ** Bishop Pierre-François Gramigna, OFMCap (25 August 1904 – 18 December 1917) ** Bishop

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, OFMCap (27 September 1899 – 5 January 1902) ** Bishop

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, OFMCap (later Archbishop) (29 March 1897 – 27 August 1898) ** Bishop

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, OFMCap (1 September 1886 – 9 July 1896)

Saints and causes for canonisation

* Ven.

Anastasius Hartmann Anastasius Hartmann, born as Joseph Alois Hartmann (* 24. February 1803 in Altwis, Canton Lucerne, Switzerland ; † 24. April 1886 in Kurji in Patna, India ), was a Capuchin, a missionary in India, Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna and ...

, Apostolic Vicar of Patna, which was later promoted as the diocese of Prayagraj.

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Catholic Hierarchy
Roman Catholic dioceses in India Religious organizations established in 1845 Christianity in Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1845 establishments in British India {{India-RC-diocese-stub