Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra

The Archdiocese of Agra (Latin: Archidioecesis Agraënsis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in India with its headquarters in Agra.

History

On May 17, 1784, the mission was sui juris Hindustan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Mughal emperor built. 1820 was the elevation to the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet - Hindustan. 26 years later, in 1846, the name of the Apostolic Vicariate in Agra was changed.

On September 1, 1886, the Apostolic Vicariate of Agra was eventually elevated to the archbishopric. On September 13, 1910, there were areas of the Archdiocese from Shimla, on 12 January 1940, the Diocese of Lucknow and on 20 February 1956, the Diocese of Meerut.

The Archdiocese are under the suffragan Ajmer, Allahabad, Bareilly, Jaipur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Meerut, Udaipur and Varanasi and the Syro -Malabar dioceses Bijnor and Gorakhpur.

Ordinaries

Vicar general Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad Roman Catholic Diocese of Bareilly Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaipur Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow Roman Catholic Diocese of Meerut Roman Catholic Diocese of Udaipur Roman Catholic Diocese of Varanasi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Oswald Gracias Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Imphal Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
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