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Diocese of Poona

Dioecesis Poonensis



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Bishop(s)

  • John Rodrigues, Bishop
  • Thomas Dabre, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 1 September 1886
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bombay
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 49,687 (19,191 Square Miles)
  • Description: consists of the civil districts of Pune, Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
  • Official Web Site: http://www.poonadiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, 1-B Prince of Wales Drive, Pune-411001, Maharashtra, India
  • Telephone: (020)2636.00.65; 2636.13.18

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Poona
8 March 1854ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Bombay Vicariate Apostolic of Poona (erected)
Diocese of Poona
1 September 1886ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Poona Diocese of Poona
25 January 1930Territory LostDiocese of Poona (Khandala and Kune) Archdiocese of Bombay
19 September 1953Territory LostArchdiocese of Goa e Damăo (Belgaum and North Kanara)
Diocese of Poona (Dharwad and Bijapur)
Diocese of Belgaum (erected)
19 September 1953Territory AddedArchdiocese of Goa e Damăo (Ratnagiri and Sawntwadi) Diocese of Poona
15 May 1987Territory LostDiocese of Poona (Dhulia, Jalgoan, Nashik, and Ahmednagar) Diocese of Nashik (erected)
30 April 1988Territory LostArchdiocese of Bombay
Diocese of Nashik
Diocese of Poona
Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar) (erected) (Syro-Malabar Faithful)
5 July 2005Territory LostDiocese of Poona (Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri along with Ajra and Gandhinglaj; and Kolhapur (except St. Francis Xavier)) Diocese of Sindhudurg (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Poona
195043,83111,000,000.4%232346952457228ap1951
1970114,27227,000,000.4%497712690624851455ap1971
1980144,65024,450,000.6%5518624160066952359ap1981
199080,66915,600,000.5%6312919242072262940ap1991
199993,40729,671,589.3%7913121044473148340ap2000
200094,02829,700,000.3%80199994966348040ap2001
200194,82230,000,000.3%7613921544177153740ap2002
200295,05630,000,000.3%7713821544275345943ap2003
200396,08230,000,000.3%7713621345175754743ap2004
200496,48030,000,000.3%7914222143672857043ap2005
200564,23424,305,883.3%611475856241926bul:5Jul2005
201378,71319,729,686.4%6511417943911,36742830ap2014
201682,71321,139,800.4%7017524533711,56059530ap2017
201987,57124,305,883.4%6911918846511,34537826ap2020
202189,98025,306,920.4%6212118349111,16128942ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Poona
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 812

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