Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh
The Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the cities of Simla and Chandigarh in the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India.
History
- 4 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Simla from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla
- 12 May 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh
Leadership
- Bishop Ignatius Loyola Mascarenhas
- Bishop Gerald John Mathias
- Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego
- Bishop Alfred Fernández
- Archbishop Joseph Alexander Fernandes
- Bishop John Burke
- Bishop John Burke