Diocese of Amravati, India

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2018.12.03 – ...):	Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (61) Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)

Bishops of Amravati (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (61)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.12.03 – ...)

Bishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (61) (later Archbishop)
(2012.07.11 – 2018.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India)
Apostolic Administrator of Amravati (India)

Bishop of Amravati (India) (2012.07.11 – 2018.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (2018.12.03 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Amravati (India) (2018.12.03 – ...)

Bishop Lourdunada Daniel (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.11.11 – 2012.07.11)

Bishop Lourdunada Daniel (76)
(2007.06.08 – 2010.11.11)

Bishop of Nashik (India)

Bishop of Amravati (India) (2007.06.08 – 2010.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Nashik (India) (2009.12.10 – 2010.11.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Amravati (India) (2010.11.11 – 2012.07.11)

Bishop of Nashik (India) (2010.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Edwin Colaço (85)
(1995.04.01 – 2006.10.20)

Bishop emeritus of Aurangabad (India)

Bishop of Amravati (India) (1995.04.01 – 2006.10.20)

Bishop of Aurangabad (India) (2006.10.20 – 2015.05.13)

Bishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S.
(1955.05.08 – 1995.04.01)

Bishop of Amravati (India) (1955.05.08 – 1995.04.01)

Area: 46,090 km²

Population: 5,684 Catholics (0.1% of 11,266,653 total) (2020)

Statistics: 20 parishes, 1 mission, 45 priests (34 diocesan, 11 religious), 258 lay religious (14 brothers, 244 sisters), 12 seminarians (2020)

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Sorrows, Saint Francis Xavier

1955.05.08: Established as Diocese of Amravati / Amravaten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur and became suffragan of Nagpur)
1968.07.29: Lost territory to Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda
1977.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Aurangabad

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