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Catholic archdiocese in Maharashtra, India</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy-Name-Cathedral-Bombay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Holy-Name-Cathedral-Bombay.jpg/220px-Holy-Name-Cathedral-Bombay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Holy-Name-Cathedral-Bombay.jpg/330px-Holy-Name-Cathedral-Bombay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Holy-Name-Cathedral-Bombay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="531" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Name,_Mumbai" title="Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai">Cathedral of the Holy Name</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Location</th></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Territory</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">Ecclesiastical province</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bombay</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Metropolitan</th><td class="infobox-data">Bombay</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic coordinates">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&params=18.923457_N_72.830646_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°55′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">72°49′50″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">18.923457°N 72.830646°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">18.923457; 72.830646</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">10,103 km<sup>2</sup> (3,901 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<br />- Total<br />- Catholics</th><td class="infobox-data">(as of 2022)<br />21,908,027<br />483,534 (2.2%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parishes</th><td class="infobox-data">124</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1 September 1886</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cathedral</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Name,_Mumbai" title="Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai">Cathedral of the Holy Name, Mumbai</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gonsalo_Garcia" title="Gonsalo Garcia">Saint Gonsalo Garcia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Saint Francis Xavier</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Current leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pope</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archbishop</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Gracias" title="Oswald Gracias">Oswald Gracias</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Auxiliary Bishops</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominic_Savio_Fernandes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dominic Savio Fernandes (page does not exist)">Dominic Savio Fernandes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vicar General</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Most Rev. Dominic Savio Fernandes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Episcopal Vicars</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Fr Caesar D'mello,<br />Fr. Felix D’Souza,<br />Fr Barthol S. Machado,<br />Fr Harold Vaz,</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Judicial Vicar</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Fr. K.T. Emmanuel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bishops emeritus</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Percival Joseph Fernandez<br />Bosco Penha<br /><a href="/wiki/Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias" class="mw-redirect" title="Agnelo Rufino Gracias">Agnelo Rufino Gracias</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FADA5E;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.archdioceseofbombay.org">archdioceseofbombay.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg/220px-Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg/330px-Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg/440px-Home_of_the_Archbishop_of_Bombay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Building that houses the Archbishop of Bombay next to the Holy Name Cathedral</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Particular_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Particular church">particular church</a> celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Rite</a> of worship, centred in the <a href="/wiki/Bombay_(Mumbai)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay (Mumbai)">Bombay (Mumbai)</a> city of the northern <a href="/wiki/Konkan_division" title="Konkan division">Konkan division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharashtra, India">Maharashtra, India</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese">archdiocese</a> has been a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_see" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan see">Metropolitan see</a> since its elevation, by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a> on 1 September 1886. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">seat</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_See" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopal See">Episcopal See</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Holy_Name_(Bombay)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of the Holy Name (Bombay)">Cathedral of the Holy Name (Bombay)</a>. It also administers an important <a href="/wiki/Minor_basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor basilica">minor basilica</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Mount,_Bandra" title="Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra">Mount St Mary Church</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a> suburb of Bombay. </p><p>As of 2006, the archdiocese had 277 diocesan priests, 283 religious priests, 383 male <a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">religious brothers</a> and 1,530 <a href="/wiki/Religious_sister_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious sister (Catholic)">religious sisters</a>. The archdiocese serves a total of 506,976 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Catholics">Indian Catholics</a> in 121 <a href="/wiki/Parishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Parishes">parishes</a> all across the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Bombay_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area">Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area</a>. </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishop</a> is <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Gracias" title="Oswald Gracias">Oswald Gracias</a>, who was appointed on 14 October 2006, by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a> first reached the west coast of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> when <a href="/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama" title="Vasco da Gama">Vasco da Gama</a> landed at <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Calicut</a> in 1498.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They finally established themselves at <a href="/wiki/Velha_Goa" class="mw-redirect" title="Velha Goa">Velha Goa</a> in 1510.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1526 they established a factory in <a href="/wiki/Vasai" title="Vasai">Bassein</a>. In 1534, the islands of Bassein, <a href="/wiki/Salsette_Island" title="Salsette Island">Salsette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay</a> and Karanja were ceded to the Portuguese by <a href="/wiki/Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat" title="Bahadur Shah of Gujarat">Bahadur Shah</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this very year, the <a href="/wiki/Primate_of_the_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Primate of the East Indies">Primate of the East Indies</a> seated at Goa, was created and the whole of the northern <a href="/wiki/Konkan" title="Konkan">Konkan</a> region what was then <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Bombay_and_Bassein" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Bombay and Bassein">Portuguese Bombay and Bassein</a>, today better known as <a href="/wiki/Greater_Bombay_Metropolitan_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area">Greater Bombay Metropolitan Area</a> formed part of that archdiocese.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Missionary activities in <a href="/wiki/Vasai" title="Vasai">Bassein</a> (Burma), Salsette and Bombay commenced from 1534 onwards, thus laying the foundation for the future Archdiocese of Bombay. The Portuguese missionaries who accompanied the conquerors were the <a href="/wiki/Franciscan" class="mw-redirect" title="Franciscan">Franciscans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominicans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Augustinians" title="Augustinians">Augustinians</a>. </p><p>In 1637, the Holy See established the <b><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate">Apostolic Vicariate</a> of Idalcan</b>, also called <b>Bijapur</b> or <b><a href="/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan</a></b>, on vast territory split off from the Metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Goa" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa</a>. </p><p>In 1665, the Bombay Island was ceded to the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> as a part of the marriage dowry to <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II of England</a> by <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Braganza" title="Catherine of Braganza">Catherine of Braganza</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1669 the pre-diocesan jurisdiction was renamed as <b>Apostolic Vicariate of <a href="/wiki/Great_Mogul" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Mogul">Great Mogul</a></b>, exceptionally after the imperial Muslim prince above the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a> of Hind(ustan). The year 1692 marked an end to the Jesuit presence in Bombay. </p><p>The Decree expelling the Portuguese Franciscans from Bombay was issued by the British on 24 May 1720. On 17 May 1784 it lost huge territory to establish the <a href="/wiki/Mission_sui_juris_of_Hindustan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission sui juris of Hindustan">Mission sui juris of Hindustan</a>, nucleus of the Archbishopric of Agra. </p><p>Later, the British allowed the <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a> <a href="/wiki/Carmelites" title="Carmelites">Carmelites</a> to take charge of the Catholic community in Bombay. In 1794 the double jurisdiction was devised by the British, which let them interfere in the religious life of the Catholics. In 1820 it was renamed after its see to <b>Apostolic Vicariate of Bombay</b>. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg/200px-Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg/300px-Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg/400px-Bishop_Agnelo_Rufino_Gracias.jpg 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="621" /></a><figcaption>Agnelo Rufino Gracias, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bombay</figcaption></figure> <p>On 12 December 1853 the Carmelites asked to be relieved of the administration of the Bombay Mission. The Holy See accepted their resignation and thus ended, after a period of 133 years (1720–1853), the Carmelite administration of the Vicariate of Bombay. On 16 February 1854 the <a href="/wiki/Propaganda_Fide" class="mw-redirect" title="Propaganda Fide">Propaganda Fide</a> officially divided the Bombay Vicariate into the northern Vicariate of Bombay, entrusted the Bombay Vicariate to the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin" title="Order of Friars Minor Capuchin">Capuchin</a> Fathers (comprising the islands of <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colaba" title="Colaba">Colaba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aurangabad,_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurangabad, Maharashtra">Aurangabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khandesh" title="Khandesh">Khandesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malwa_(Madhya_Pradesh)" class="mw-redirect" title="Malwa (Madhya Pradesh)">Malwa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a> as far as <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab</a>) and the newly established southern <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Poona" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Poona">Apostolic Vicariate of Poona</a> (comprising the islands of <a href="/wiki/Salsette" class="mw-redirect" title="Salsette">Salsette</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasai" title="Vasai">Bassein</a>, and the regions of the <a href="/wiki/Konkan" title="Konkan">Konkan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bijapur,_Karnataka" class="mw-redirect" title="Bijapur, Karnataka">Bijapur</a>), entrusted to the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuit</a> Fathers. </p><p>Finally, the Metropolitan <b>Archdiocese of Bombay</b> was established by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII" title="Pope Leo XIII">Pope Leo XIII</a> on 1 September 1886. The archdiocese received territorial jurisdiction over Bombay Island and over the northern districts of the Vicariate of Bombay with <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Poona" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona">Poona</a> as a suffragan diocese. <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Mangalore" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore">Mangalore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Tiruchirapalli" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli">Trichinopoly</a> were added as suffragan sees in 1893, in which year the First Provincial Council was held (Acta et Decreta, Bombay, 1898). </p><p>It lost further territory repeatedly: on 20 May 1948 to establish the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Karachi" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Karachi">Diocese of Karachi</a> (in Pakistan), on 5 May 1949 to establish the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ahmedabad" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahmedabad">Diocese of Ahmedabad</a>, on 29 September 1966 to establish the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Baroda" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda">Diocese of Baroda</a>, in April 1988 to establish the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Kalyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalyan">Diocese of Kalyan</a> and on 22 May 1998 to establish the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Vasai" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai">Diocese of Vasai</a> (its suffragan). </p><p>It enjoyed papal visits from <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> in December 1964 and <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> in February 1986. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Province">Province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_province" title="Ecclesiastical province">ecclesiastical province</a> of Bombay includes the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese, Mumbai, and the following <a href="/wiki/Suffragan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffragan">suffragan</a> bishoprics : </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Kalyan" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kalyan">Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kalyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Nashik" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik">Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Poona" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona">Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Vasai" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai">Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ordinaries">Ordinaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ordinaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostolic_Vicar_of_Idalcan">Apostolic Vicar of Idalcan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Apostolic Vicar of Idalcan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthieu_de_Castro_Malo" title="Matthieu de Castro Malo">Matthieu de Castro Malo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oratory_of_Saint_Philip_Neri" title="Oratory of Saint Philip Neri">CO</a> (1637-1668)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostolic_Vicars_of_Great_Mogul">Apostolic Vicars of Great Mogul</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Apostolic Vicars of Great Mogul"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Custodio_do_Pinho" title="Custodio do Pinho">Custodio do Pinho</a> (1669-1694), appointed <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Malabar" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Malabar">Apostolic Vicar of Malabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernand_Palma_d%27Artois" title="Fernand Palma d'Artois">Fernand Palma d'Artois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1696-1701)</li> <li>Pietro d’Alcántara di Santa Teresa Leonardi, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1704-1707)</li> <li>Maurice di Santa Teresa Baistrocchi, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a>(1708-1726)</li> <li>Pietro d’Alcántara della Santissima Trinità Gagna di Cherasco, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1728-1744)</li> <li>Innocent of the Presentation of Mary Strattmann, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a>(1746-1753)</li> <li>John Dominic of St. Clara Chiavassa, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1756-1772)</li> <li>Charles of St. Conrad Vareschi, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1773-1785)</li> <li>Angelin vom heiligen Joseph Geiselmayer, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1785-1786)</li> <li>Viktor von der heiligen Maria Schwaiger, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1787-1793)</li> <li>Pietro d’Alcántara di San Antonio Ramazzini, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1794-1820)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostolic_Vicars_of_Bombay">Apostolic Vicars of Bombay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Apostolic Vicars of Bombay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Pietro d’Alcántara di San Antonio Ramazzini, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1820-1840)</li> <li>Aloysius Mary of St. Teresa Fortini, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1840-1848)</li> <li>John Francis William Whelan, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1848-1850)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasius_Hartmann" title="Anastasius Hartmann">Anastasius Hartmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friars_Minor_Capuchin" title="Order of Friars Minor Capuchin">OFMCap</a> (1854-1858), appointed <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Patna" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Patna">Apostolic Vicar of Patna</a></li> <li>Waltar Steins Bisschop, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1860-1867), appointed <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Western_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Vicariate of Western Bengal">Apostolic Vicar of Western Bengal</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Auckland" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland">Bishop of Auckland</a></li> <li>Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1867-1886), appointed <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Port-Louis" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Port-Louis">Bishop of Port-Louis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archbishops_of_Bombay">Archbishops of Bombay</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Archbishops of Bombay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg/150px-Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg/225px-Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg/300px-Oswald_Gracias_at_Villianur_shrine_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Gracias" title="Oswald Gracias">Oswald Gracias</a>, the current Archbishop of Bombay</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>George Porter, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1886-1889)</li> <li>Theodore Dalhoff, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1891-1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_J%C3%BCrgens" title="Hermann Jürgens">Hermann Jurgens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1907-1916)</li> <li>Alban Goodier, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1919-1926)</li> <li>Joachim Lima, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1928-1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Roberts_(archbishop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Roberts (archbishop)">Thomas Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">SJ</a> (1937-1950)</li> <li>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Valerian_Gracias" title="Valerian Gracias">Valerian Gracias</a> (1950-1978)</li> <li>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Simon_Pimenta" title="Simon Pimenta">Simon Pimenta</a> (1978-1996)</li> <li>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Dias" title="Ivan Dias">Ivan Dias</a> (1996-2006)</li> <li>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Gracias" title="Oswald Gracias">Oswald Gracias</a> (2006–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coadjutor_Bishops">Coadjutor Bishops</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Coadjutor Bishops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aloysius Mary of St. Teresa Fortini, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1837-1840)</li> <li>John Francis William Whelan, <a href="/wiki/Discalced_Carmelites" title="Discalced Carmelites">OCD</a> (1842-1848)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Examiner (formerly called the <i>Bombay Catholic Examiner</i>), is a diocesan news weekly published at the Examiner Press of the Archdiocese of Bombay.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was established on 10 July 1849 by a Jesuit father. <i>Tej-Prasarini</i> is a media and communication institution run by the <a href="/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco" title="Salesians of Don Bosco">Salesians of Don Bosco</a> of the Archdiocese of Bombay. It combines a multimedia production centre with training programmes in creativity, media and peace education. It is a member of <a href="/wiki/SIGNIS" title="SIGNIS">SIGNIS</a>, the World Catholic Association for Communication. The archdiocese officially opened its own Catholic Communication Centre on 5 November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archdiocesan_Board_of_Education">Archdiocesan Board of Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Archdiocesan Board of Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Archdiocesan Board of Education, registered in 1985 as an Association under the Societies Registration Act –XXI / 1860, is a certified body for Catholic Institutions in Maharashtra and the Districts of Thane and Raigad. Functioning as a Federation of Schools for its first 20 years, the Consultation of Catholic Schools held in November 2004 reviewed the role of the ABE and recommended that it be an umbrella body for all Catholic Institutions, and that its role be extended to meet all the needs of Catholic Education. </p><p>The Board carries out tasks like co-ordination, research and documentation, planning and liaising with the State Department of Education and other Diocesan Bodies for its vast network of Educational Institutes, and offers services in legal and administrative problems. It also publishes a bulletin called 'Shikshan Vichar'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2012, at several police stations around the city complaints were filed by Catholic social activists<sup id="cite_ref-Midday_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Midday-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against the atheist activist <a href="/wiki/Sanal_Edamaruku" title="Sanal Edamaruku">Sanal Edamaruku</a> under section 295 of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Indian Penal Code</a>, which states that persons can be arrested and charged on the allegations of hurting the religious sentiments of a particular community. Edamaruku had previously made derogatory statements regarding the pope, the Catholic Church, and priests,<sup id="cite_ref-Midday_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Midday-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> besides claiming to have exposed the "miracle" of the dripping Jesus in Mumba. He confronted Church leaders on a live TV channel a month earlier, and also suggested that he would be arrested any moment.<sup id="cite_ref-blasphemy_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blasphemy-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early July 2012, this was borne out when police arrived at his house with the intent to arrest him.<sup id="cite_ref-arrest_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arrest-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a statement, the Auxiliary Bishop of Bambay said: "The Church is always cautious in attributing supernatural causes to out-of-the-ordinary phenomena. Whenever possible, it always tries to find 'scientific' explanations for similar events. It does not pay great attention to things like this, although it accepts the possibility that God can intervene in human life in 'extraordinary' ways: what we call 'miracles'."<sup id="cite_ref-Asianews_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asianews-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saints_and_causes_for_canonisation">Saints and causes for canonisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Saints and causes for canonisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>St. <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew the Apostle</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCBI_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCBI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Four Martyrs of Thane<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>St. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_of_Tolentino" title="Thomas of Tolentino">Thomas of Tolentino</a></li> <li>Bl. <a href="/wiki/James_of_Padua" title="James of Padua">James of Padua</a></li> <li>Bl. <a href="/wiki/Peter_of_Siena_(died_1321)" title="Peter of Siena (died 1321)">Peter of Siena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_of_Tiflis" title="Demetrius of Tiflis">Demetrius of Tiflis</a></li></ul></li> <li>Bl. <a href="/wiki/Odoric_of_Pordenone" title="Odoric of Pordenone">Odoric of Pordenone</a> disinterred the relics of the Four Martyrs of Thane and carried them with him to China and Italy.</li> <li>Ven. <a href="/wiki/Anastasius_Hartmann" title="Anastasius Hartmann">Anastasius Hartmann</a>, Apsotolic Vicar of Bombay</li> <li>Ven. <a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Riva" title="Fernanda Riva">Fernanda Riva</a><sup id="cite_ref-CCBI_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CCBI-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Servant of God Msgr. George Fernandes<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bombay&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080518021100/http://www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com/appointments.htm">"Appointments"</a>. 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