roman, catholic, diocese, ambikapur, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, january. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambikapur Latin Ambikapuren sis is a diocese located in the city of Ambikapur in the ecclesiastical province of Raipur in India Diocese of AmbikapurDioecesis Ambikapurensisअ ब क प र क स ब LocationCountry IndiaEcclesiastical provinceRaipurMetropolitanRaipurStatisticsArea22 337 km2 8 624 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2015 2 870 00097 369 3 4 Parishes57InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished10 November 1977CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Mother of God in AmbikapurPatron saintImmaculate Mother of GodSecular priests112Current leadershipPopeFrancisBishopAntonis BaraMetropolitan ArchbishopVictor Henry Thakur Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit10 November 1977 Established as Diocese of Ambikapur from the Diocese of Raigarh AmbikapurLeadership editBishops of Ambikapur Latin Rite Bishop Antonis Bara 22 December 2021 present Bishop Patras Minj S J 5 July 1996 22 December 2021 Bishop Paschal Topno S J later Archbishop 28 October 1985 26 March 1994 Bishop Philip Ekka S J 10 November 1977 20 October 1984 References editExternal links editGCatholic org self published Catholic Hierarchy self published 23 08 13 N 83 11 08 E 23 1369 N 83 1855 E 23 1369 83 1855 nbsp This article about a Roman Catholic diocese in India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambikapur amp oldid 1197764004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
