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{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archdiocese
|name = Nagpur
|latin = Archidioecesis Nagpurensis
|local = नागपूर बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
|country = [[India]]
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]
| image = St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, Nagpur.jpg
| image_size =
| image_alt = Photo of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
| caption = St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
|cathedral = Cathedral of St Francis de Sales in [[Nagpur]]
|cocathedral =
|patron = [[St Francis de Sales]]<br />[[Our Lady of Lourdes]]
|area_km2 = 55,272
|population = 11,000,000
|population_as_of = 2004
|catholics = 24,446
|catholics_percent= 0.2
|parishes = 34
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|metro_archbishop = Elias Joseph Gonsalves
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|vicar_general = Jerome Pinto
|website = [http://nagpurarchdiocese.org/ Website of the Archdiocese]
}}
The '''Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur''' ({{lang-la|Nagpuren(sis)}}) is a [[Latin rite]] Metropolitan [[archdiocese]] in central India, yet depends on the missionary [[Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]].

Its [[cathedral]] episcopal see is [[St. Francis de Sales]] Cathedral, in the city of [[Nagpur]], in [[Maharashtra]] state.

== Statistics ==
As per 2014, it pastorally served 25,500 Catholics (0.2% of 12,360,000 total) on 59,042 km² in 34 parishes and 12 missions with 142 priests (48 diocesan, 94 religious), 798 lay religious (265 brothers, 533 sisters) and 23 seminarians.

== History ==
* Established on July 11, 1887 as '''Diocese of Nagpur''', on territory split off from the [[Diocese of Vizagapatam]].
* It lost territories repeatedly : on 1932.07.18 to establish the [[Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore]], on 1935.03.11 to establish the then [[Apostolic Prefecture of Indore]], on 1951.06.14 to establish the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sambalpur|Diocese of Sambalpur]] and on 1951.12.13 to establish the then [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raigarh–Ambikapur|Diocese of Raigarh–Ambikapur]]
* Promoted on September 19, 1953 as '''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur'''.
* Lost more territories thrice again : on 1955.05.08 to establish its [[suffragan]] [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati|Diocese of Amravati]], on 1964.01.16 to establish the then [[Apostolic Prefecture of Raipur]] and ''on 1968.07.29 to establish the then [[Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda]] (now also a suffragan diocese of Nagpur)

== Ecclesiastical province ==
Its [[ecclesiastical province]] comprises the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and these [[Suffragan]] bishoprics, [[Latin Rite]] ''except one [[Syro-Oriental Rite]] :
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati]], its daughter
* [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aurangabad]]
* ''[[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda]], its only [[Eastern Catholic]] daughter

==Episcopal ordinaries==
''(all [[Latin Rite]], initially missionary members of a Latin congregation)

:''Suffragan Bishops of Nagpur''
* Charles-Félix Pelvat, [[Fransalians]] (M.S.F.S.) (born France) (October 2, 1893 – death July 23, 1900)
* Jean-Marie Crochet (born France) (October 25, 1900 – death June 6, 1903)
* Etienne-Marie Boneventure, M.S.F.S. (born France) (September 17, 1904 – death March 12, 1907)
* François-Etienne Coppel, M.S.F.S. (born France) (June 22, 1907 – death March 16, 1933)
* Louis-François Gayet, M.S.F.S. (born France) (February 1, 1934 – death August 26, 1950)
* Eugene D’Souza, M.S.F.S. (first Indian incumbent) (July 12, 1951 – September 19, 1953 ''see below'')

;''Metropolitan Archbishops of Nagpur''
* [[Eugene D’Souza]], M.S.F.S. (''see above'' September 19, 1953 – September 13, 1963), later Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal|Bhopal]] (India) (1963.09.13 – death 1994.03.26)
* [[Leonard Joseph Raymond]] (January 16, 1964 – death February 1, 1974) (born Pakistan), previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad|Allahabad]] (India) (1947.04.10 – 1964.01.16)
* [[Leobard D’Souza]] (July 1, 1975 – retired January 17, 1998), also Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1988–1991); previously [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Caput Cilla]] (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17) & [[Coadjutor Bishop]] of Jabalpur (India) (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17), succeeding as Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jabalpur|Jabalpur]] (1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01)
** [[Auxiliary Bishop]]: Sylvester Monteiro (1993.12.06 – 1999.02.09), [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Scampa]] (1993.12.06 – 1999.02.09); next Bishop of suffragan [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Aurangabad|Aurangabad]] (India) (1999.02.09 – death 2005.08.14)
* [[Abraham Viruthakulangara]] (January 17, 1998 – April 19, 2018), previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Khandwa|Khandwa]] (India) (1977.03.04 – 1998.01.17).
*Elias Joseph Gonsalves – 2018.12.03 – present

==Saints and causes for canonisation==
* Servant of God Sr. Marie Gertrude Gros, SMMI<ref name="CCBI">{{Cite web|url=http://ccbi.in/saints-blessed/|title=Saints & Blessed – CCBI|access-date=Oct 17, 2019}}</ref>

==References==

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== Sources and external links ==
{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Nagpur|Diocese of Nagpur}}
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nagp0.htm GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links – data for all sections] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnagp.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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