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Archdiocese of Agra Archidioecesis Agraënsis | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Agra |
Statistics | |
Area | 69,162 km2 (26,704 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 27,380,000 17,182 (0.1%) |
Parishes | 43 |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1886 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Agra |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Secular priests | 105 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Raphy Manjaly |
Bishops emeritus | Albert D’Souza |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra (Latin: Agraën(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state. It comproses 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.[1]