Archdiocese of Delhi
The Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi is a Latin Church Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern India.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Sacred Heart Cathedral, in the national capital city of New Delhi.
History
- 13 September 1910: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Simla, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and Diocese of Lahore
- 13 April 1937: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla
- 4 June 1959: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi, having lost territory to establish as suffragan the Diocese of Simla
Statistics
, the diocese served 115,300 Catholics in, with 60 parishes and 4 missions. Personnel consisted of 301 priests, 1,006 religious and 25 seminarians.Ordinaries
;Metropolitan Archbishops of Simla- Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, OFMCap
- *Apostolic Administrator Archbishop Anselm Edward John Kenealy, OOFMCap, when retired as Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
- Silvestro Patrizio Mulligan, OFMCap, Titular Archbishop emeritus of Cyrrhus
- *Apostolic Administrator Father John Burke
- Joseph Alexander Fernandes
- Joseph Alexander Fernandes
- Angelo Innocent Fernandes
- Alan Basil de Lastic
- Vincent Michael Conçessao
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Franco Mulakkal
- Anil Joseph Thomas Couto