Diocese of Rajkot

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The Diocese of Rajkot is a Latin-rite Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in western India, serving the faithful in and around the city of Rajkot under the wider Catholic hierarchy.

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Label Occurrences
Diocese of Rajkot canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Roman Catholic diocese
belongsToConference Conference of Catholic Bishops of India NERFINISHED
cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Forsaken, Rajkot NERFINISHED
Our Lady of the Forsaken Cathedral NERFINISHED
country India
Republic of India NERFINISHED
countrySubdivision Gujarat NERFINISHED
createdFromTerritoryOf Diocese of Ahmedabad NERFINISHED
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ecclesiasticalProvince Province of Gandhinagar NERFINISHED
episcopalSee Rajkot NERFINISHED
establishedAsDiocese 1977-01-25
establishedBy Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED
followsCanonLaw Code of Canon Law (1983) NERFINISHED
governedBy diocesan bishop
hasBishop Bishop Jose Chittooparambil NERFINISHED
Jose Chittooparambil NERFINISHED
hasJurisdictionType territorial
hasOfficialWebsite https://rajkotdiocese.org/
hasPastoralResponsibilityFor Catholics in and around Rajkot
Latin-rite Catholics in its territory
hasPreviousBishop Bishop Gregory Karotemprel NERFINISHED
Bishop Jonas Thaliath NERFINISHED
Bishop Thomas Macwan NERFINISHED
isPartOfHierarchy Latin hierarchy in India
isSubjectOf Catholic-Hierarchy.org entry NERFINISHED
GCatholic.org entry
languageOfLiturgy Latin
languageOfPastoralCare English
Gujarati
location Rajkot NERFINISHED
metropolitanSee Archdiocese of Gandhinagar NERFINISHED
partOf Catholic Church in India NERFINISHED
region western India NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
rite Roman Rite NERFINISHED
state Gujarat
subjectTo Congregation for Bishops NERFINISHED
suiIurisChurch Latin Church NERFINISHED
territoryIncludes parts of Kutch region
parts of Saurashtra region
typeOfJurisdiction diocese
underAuthorityOf Holy See NERFINISHED
Pope NERFINISHED

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