Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Raipur / Raipuren(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Jashpur, Raigarh
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Mary Queen of the Apostles
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.07.03 – ...): | Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur (69) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Raipur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur (69) Metropolitan Archbishop of Raipur (India)
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Archbishop Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel (85) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Raipur (India)
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Bishops of Raipur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel (85) (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J.
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Prefects Apostolic of Raipur (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. John A. Weidner, S.A.C.
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Area: 60,819 km²
Population: 48,440 Catholics (0.2% of 21,572,964 total)
Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 174 priests (85 diocesan, 89 religious), 653 religious (101 brothers, 552 sisters), 17 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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