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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Patna

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Buxar, Muzaffarpur, Purnea

Neighbouring Dioceses: Hazaribag (↓), Daltonganj (↙), Buxar (←), Bettiah (↖), Muzaffarpur (↑), Bhagalpur (→)

Patron Saint: St. Joseph

Website: Link

History

  • 1845.02.07: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Patna / Patnen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan)
  • 1886.09.01: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Allahabad)
  • 1917: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Patna / Patnen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Bettiah)
  • 1919.09.10: Promoted as Diocese of Patna / Patnen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1956.08.03: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bhagalpur
  • 1980.03.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Muzaffarpur
  • 1983.10.07: Lost territory to establish Mission “sui iuris” of Nepal
  • 1999.03.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Patna / Patnen(sis) (Latin)
  • 2005.12.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Buxar

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.10.01 – ...):Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (67)Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (67)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Patna (Roman Rite)

Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (67)Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (67)
(2007.10.01 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patna (India)

To serve and not to be served

Born:1946.03.05 (India)
Ordained Priest:1976.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:2006.03.25

Bishop of Buxar (India) (2005.12.12 – 2007.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patna (India) (2007.10.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Buxar (India) (2007.10.07 – 2009.04.07)

Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (81)Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (81)
(1999.03.16 – 2007.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Patna (India)

Born:1931.08.15 (India)
Ordained Priest:1963.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1980.06.21

Bishop of Patna (India) (1980.03.06 – 1999.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Patna (India) (1999.03.16 – 2007.10.01)

Bishops of Patna (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (81)Bishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (81) (later Archbishop)
(1980.03.06 – 1999.03.16)

(see above)

Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J.
(1947.06.12 – 1980.03.06)

Born:1904.02.20 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1947.10.28
Died:1993.06.12 († 89)

Bishop of Patna (India) (1947.06.12 – 1980.03.06)

Bishop Bernard James Sullivan, S.J.
(1929.01.15 – 1946.06.06)

Born:1889.03.24 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1921.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1929.03.17
Died:1970.05.16 († 81)

Bishop of Patna (India) (1929.01.15 – 1946.06.06)

Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus (1946.06.06 – 1970.05.16)

Bishop Ludovico van Hoeck, S.J.
(1920.07.20 – 1928.02.15)

Born:1870.04.17 (Italy)
Died:1933.04.30 († 63)

Bishop of Patna (India) (1920.07.20 – 1928.02.15)

Bishop of Ranchi (India) (1928.02.15 – 1933.04.30)

Vicars Apostolic of Patna (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Pesci, O.F.M. Cap.
(1881.05.24 – 1886.09.01)

Born:1833.08.23 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:1881.08.14
Died:1896.07.09 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Marciana (1881.05.24 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Patna (India) (1881.05.24 – 1886.09.01)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1886.09.01 – 1896.07.09)

Bishop Paolo Tosi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1868.02.09 – 1880.10.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Patna (India) (1868.02.09 – 1880.10.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Punjab (Pakistan) (1880.10.01 – ?)

Bishop Anastasius Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap.
(1860.01.24 – 1866.04.24)

Born:1803.02.24 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1826
Consecrated Bishop:1846.03.16
Died:1866.04.24 († 63)

Vicar Apostolic of Patna (India) (1845.10.20 – 1849.08.16)

Titular Bishop of Derbe (1845.10.20 – 1866.04.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Bombay (India) (1854.03.08 – 1858.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Patna (India) (1860.01.24 – 1866.04.24)

Bishop Anastasius Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap.
(1845.10.20 – 1849.08.16)

(see above)


as of 2013.06.08

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