Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Poona / Poonen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Bombay
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2009.04.04 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Poona (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Poona (India) Building the spiritual life of the people
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Bishop Valerian D’Souza
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Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes
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Bishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza
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Archbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J.
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Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J. | ||||||||||
Bishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Bernhard Beiderlinden, S.J.
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Bishop Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J. (later Archbishop) | ||||||||||
Bishop Waltar Steins Bisschop, S.J. (later Archbishop) | ||||||||||
Bishop Alexis Canoz, S.J. | ||||||||||
Bishop Anastasius Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. |
Area: 49,687 km²
Population: 89,980 Catholics (0.4% of 25,306,920 total) (2020)
Statistics: 42 parishes, 3 missions, 183 priests (62 diocesan, 121 religious), 1 deacon, 1,450 lay religious (1,161 brothers, 289 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Patrick
Last updated on 2023.02.02
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