Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna

Archdiocese of Patna

Archidioecesis Patnensis
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provincePatna
Statistics
Area28,808 km2 (11,123 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2005)
  • 24,709,333
  • 54,120 (0.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 September 1919
CathedralQueen of Apostles Cathedral in Patna
Co-cathedralPro-Cathedral of St Joseph in Patna
Patron saintSaint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
Metropolitan ArchbishopArchbishop Sebastian Kallupura

The Archdiocese of Patna (Latin: Patnen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Indian. Its episcopal see is Patna, in the state of Bihar. A metropolitan see, the archdiocese has five suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.