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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Lucknow <br />
|image = CathedralSchoolLucknow.jpg<br />
|latin = Dioecesis Lucknovensis<br />
|local = लखनऊ के सूबा <br /> لکھنؤ کے صوبہ <br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]]<br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]]<br />
|rite = [[Latin Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = St Joseph's Cathedral in [[Lucknow]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|patron=[[St. Joseph]]<br>[[St. Francis of Assisi]]|area_km2 = 45,124<br />
|population = 22,681,901 <br />
|population_as_of = 2004 <br />
|catholics = 7,305 <br />
|catholics_percent= 0.0 <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Gerald John Mathias]] <br />
|metro_archbishop = [[Albert D'Souza]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|website = [http://www.catholicdiocese-lucknow.com/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
}}<br />
The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow''' ({{lang-la| Lucknoven(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Lucknow]] in the [[Ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]] in India.<br />
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The [[Cathedral School of Lucknow]] is located in the same compound as [[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow|St. Joseph's Cathedral]].<br />
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==History==<br />
* 12 January 1940: Established as Diocese of Lucknow from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra and [[Diocese of Allahabad]]<br />
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==Leadership==<br />
* [[Bishop]]s of Lucknow ([[Latin Rite]])<br />
** Bishop Gerald John Mathias (8 November 2007 – present)<br />
** Bishop [[Albert D’Souza]] (later Archbishop) (21 November 1992 – 16 February 2007)<br />
** Bishop [[Alan Basil de Lastic]] (later Archbishop) (2 July 1984 – 19 November 1990)<br />
** Bishop [[Cecil DeSa]] (later Archbishop) (5 June 1971 – 11 November 1983)<br />
** Bishop [[Albert Conrad De Vito]], [[O.F.M. Cap.]] (First Bishop, 12 December 1946 – 16 November 1970)<br />
** Bishop [[Joseph Angel Poli]], O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop) (Apostolic Administrator, 1940 – 1946)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/luck0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dluck.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholicdiocese-lucknow.com Diocesan website]<br />
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