Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay

Archdiocese of Bombay Archidioecesis Bombayensis
Cathedral of the Holy Name
Location
Country	India
Territory	Maharashtra
Ecclesiastical province	Bombay
Metropolitan	Bombay
Coordinates	18°55′24″N 72°49′50″E / 18.923457°N 72.830646°E / 18.923457; 72.830646
Statistics
Area	10,103 km2 (3,901 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 20,399,000 525,017 (2.57%)
Parishes	122
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 September 1886
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai
Patron saint	Saint Gonsalo Garcia Saint Francis Xavier
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Oswald Gracias
Auxiliary Bishops	Dominic Savio Fernandes
Vicar General	Most Rev. Dominic Savio Fernandes
Episcopal Vicars	Fr Caesar D'mello, Fr. Felix D’Souza, Fr Barthol S. Machado, Fr Harold Vaz,
Judicial Vicar	Fr. K.T. Emmanuel
Bishops emeritus	Percival Joseph Fernandez Bosco Penha Agnelo Rufino Gracias
Website
archdioceseofbombay.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay is a particular church celebrating the Latin Rite of worship, centred in the Bombay (Mumbai) city of the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra, India. The archdiocese has been a Metropolitan see since its elevation, by Pope Leo XIII on 1 September 1886.

The seat of the Episcopal See is the Cathedral of the Holy Name (Bombay). It also administers an important minor basilica, the Mount St Mary Church, in Bandra suburb of Bombay.

As of 2006, the archdiocese had 277 diocesan priests, 283 religious priests, 383 male religious brothers and 1,530 religious sisters. The archdiocese serves a total of 506,976 Indian Catholics in 121 parishes all across the Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area.

The current archbishop is Oswald Gracias, who was appointed on 14 October 2006, by Pope Benedict XVI.^[1]