Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad is a diocese with its see located in the city of Prayagraj in the ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. The Diocese of Allahabad is spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh. These are Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Ayodhya, Fatehpur, Kanpur City, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, Rae Bareli, Sonbhadra, and Sultanpur.
History
- 1845: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Patna from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tibet-Hindustan
- 1 September 1886: Promoted as Diocese of Allahabad
Leadership
Bishop Louis Mascarenhas- *Bishop Ignatius Menezes
- Bishops of Allahabad
- *Bishop Mar Raphy Manjaly - Syro Malabar Catholic Rite
- * Bishop Isidore Fernandes
- * Bishop Baptist Mudartha
- * Bishop Alfred Fernández
- * Bishop Raymond D’Mello
- * Bishop Leonard Joseph Raymond
- * Bishop Joseph Angel Poli, OFMCap
- * Bishop Pierre-François Gramigna, OFMCap
- * Bishop Victor Gaetano Sinibaldi, OFMCap
- * Bishop Charles Joseph Gentili, OFMCap
- * Bishop Francis Pesci, OFMCap
Saints and causes for canonisation
- Ven. Anastasius Hartmann, Apostolic Vicar of Patna, which was later promoted as the diocese of Allahabad.