Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur

Statistics

History

• Established on July 11, 1887 as Diocese of Nagpur, on territory split off from the Diocese of Vizagapatam.
• It lost territories repeatedly : on 1932.07.18 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore, on 1935.03.11 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Indore, on 1951.06.14 to establish the Diocese of Sambalpur and on 1951.12.13 to establish the then Diocese of Raigarh–Ambikapur
• Promoted on September 19, 1953 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur.
• Lost more territories thrice again : on 1955.05.08 to establish its suffragan Diocese of Amravati, on 1964.01.16 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur and ''on 1968.07.29 to establish the then Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda

  Ecclesiastical province

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati, its daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Aurangabad
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda, its only Eastern Catholic daughter

  Episcopal ordinaries

• Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S., later Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal
• Leonard Joseph Raymond , previously Bishop of Allahabad
• Leobard D’Souza, also Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India ; previously Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla & Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur , succeeding as Bishop of Jabalpur
• * Auxiliary Bishop: Sylvester Monteiro, Titular Bishop of Scampa ; next Bishop of suffragan Aurangabad
• Abraham Viruthakulangara, previously Bishop of Khandwa .
• Elias Joseph Gonsalves - 2018.12.03 - present

  Saints and causes for canonisation

• Servant of God Sr. Marie Gertrude Gros, SMMI