Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra

The Archdiocese of Agra is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. It comprises the following districts in Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, Etawah, Farrukabad, Firozabad, Gautambudha Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Mainpuri, Mathura and in Rajasthan: Bharatpur and Dholpur.
Its cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of Agra.

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History

Established in 1784 as Mission sui iuris of Hindustan, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Great Mogul
Promoted in 1820 as Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan, hence entitled to a titular bishop.
Name changed in 1846 to Apostolic Vicariate of Agra
1 September 1886: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra, yet remains dependent on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Hindustan
;Apostolic Vicars of Tibet-Hindustan

Zenobio Benucci, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Thermæ
Antonio Pezzoni, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Hesbon
Pope Gregory XVI's breve sent to Joseph Angelo di Fazio, titular bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania, in 1837 refers to Fazio as coadjutor of the Apostolic Vicar of Hindustan.

;Apostolic Vicars of Agra

Giuseppe Antonio Borghi, OFMCap, succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan, remaining Titular Bishop of Bethsaida ; later Bishop of Cortona
Gaetano Carli, OFMCap, succeeding as former Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Agra, remaining Titular Bishop of Halmiros
Angelicus Bedenik, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Leuca
Michelangelo Jacobi, OFMCap, Titular Bishop of Pentacomia

;Metropolitan Archbishops of Agra

Michelangelo Jacobi, OFMCap
Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, OFMCap, previously Bishop of Lahore ; emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Parium
Charles Joseph Gentili, OFMCap, previously Bishop of Allahabad
Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, OFMCap
Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, OFMCap, succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra ; previously Apostolic Vicar of Arabia & Titular Archbishop of Tenedus ; emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Bizya
Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, OFMCap
Cecil DeSa, previously Bishop of Lucknow
Vincent Michael Concessao, previously Titular Bishop of Mascula & Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi ; later Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi, Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India
Oswald Gracias, also Second Vice-President of "Vox Clara" Committee, President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India ; previously Titular Bishop of Bladia & Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a Corviale, Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia
Albert D’Souza, also Secretary General of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India ; previously Bishop of Lucknow
Raphy Manjaly previously Bishop of Allahabad

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following Suffragan bishoprics, mostly Latin and two East Syriac Rite:

Parishes

Cathedral of Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Church, Agra
St. Patrick’s Church, Agra
St. Thomas Church, Agra, Sikandra
Our Lady of Fatima Mission, Ajaynagar
Holy Family Mission, Alampur Hauz
St. Fidelis’ Church, Aligarh
St. Michael’s Mission, Anupnagar
St. Francis Mission, Auraiya
Our Lady of Rosary Mission, Bastar
St. Peter’s Church, Bharatpur
St. Peter’s Mission, Bhimnagar
Catholic Church, Budaun
St. Gonsalo Garcia Church, Bulandshahr
St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Chhibramau
Our Lady of Pilar Church, Dholpur
St. Joseph’s Mission, NTPC, Dibyapur
St. Francis Xavier Church, Etah
Christ Church, Etawah
St. Anthony’s Church, Fatehgarh
St. John’s Church, Firozabad
St. Joseph’s Church, Greater Noida
St. Francis’ Church, Hathras
St. Joseph’s Church, Jahangirabad
Nishkalanka Mata Mission, Jaith
St. Peter's Mission, Jaswant Nagar
St. Mathew's Mission, Kannauj
St. Joseph’s Church, Kasganj
St. Anthony’s Church, Khora
St. Theresa’s Church, Kosi Kalan
St. Thomas’ Mission, Mainpuri
Sacred Heart Church, Mathura
St. Mary's Church, Noida
St. Dominic's Mission, Shikohabad
Holy Family Church, Tundla