Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur

Diocese of Jaipur

*Dioecesis Iaipurensis*

जयपुर के सूबा
Diocese of Jaipur; Dioecesis Iaipurensis; जयपुर के सूबा
	The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Jaipur
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Agra
Metropolitan	Agra
Statistics
Area	129,060 km2 (49,830 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 25,828,271; 4,096 (0.0%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	20 July 2005
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Jaipur
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Annunciation
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Kallarackal
Metropolitan Archbishop	Raphy Manjaly
Bishops emeritus	Oswald Lewis
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur (Dioecesis Iaipurensis) in India was created on 20 July 2005, when the Diocese of Ajmer and Jaipur was split. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Agra. The parish church Our Lady of the Annunciation at Malviya Nagar is now the cathedral for the diocese.

The diocese covers 21 districts of the state of Rajasthan. Neighboring dioceses are the Diocese of Ajmer to the south, the Archdiocese of Delhi, the Diocese of Jalandhar and the Diocese of Simla-Chandigarh to the north, the Archdiocese of Agra and the Diocese of Gwalior to the east and Pakistan to the west.

Leadership

^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 20.07.2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Resignations and Appointments, 22.04.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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