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Diocese of Varanasi Dioecesis Varanasiensis वाराणसी के सूबा | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Agra |
Metropolitan | Agra |
Statistics | |
Area | 21,395 km2 (8,261 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 20,328,000 18,259 (0.1%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | St Mary's Cathedral in Varanasi |
Patron saint | John the Baptist, Fidelis of Sigmaringen |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Eugene Joseph |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Albert D'Souza |
Bishops emeritus | Patrick Paul D'Souza |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Varanasi (Latin: Varanasien[sis]) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Agra in northern India's vast state Uttar Pradesh. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral in the city of Varanasi.