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Diocese of Ajmer Dioecesis Aimerensis | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Agra |
Metropolitan | Agra |
Statistics | |
Area | 157,681 km2 (60,881 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 19,827,000 17,108 (0.0%) |
Parishes | 38 |
Schools | 11 |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 22 May 1913 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ajmer |
Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and St. Francis of Assisi |
Secular priests | 45 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pius Thomas D'Souza |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Albert D'Souza |
Bishops emeritus | Ignatius Menezes |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer (Latin: Aimeren(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Agra in northwestern India, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Ajmer, Rajasthan state.