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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese <br />
|name = Amravati <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Amravatensis <br />
|country = {{flag|India}}<br />
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur|Nagpur]] <br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur|Nagpur]] <br />
|rite = [[Latin Church|Latin Rite]]<br />
|cathedral = Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in [[Amravati]]<br />
|cocathedral = <br />
|parishes = 19<br />
|patron = [[Our Lady of Sorrows]]<br>[[St Francis Xavier]] <br />
|established = 8 May 1955<br />
|area_km2 = 46,447 <br />
|population = 10,930,000<br />
|population_as_of = 2012 <br />
|catholics = 5,054<br />
|catholics_percent= 0.0 <br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|bishop = [[Malcolm Sequeira]]<br />
|coadjutor = <br />
|auxiliary_bishops= <br />
|website = [http://amravatidiocese.co.in/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati''' ({{langx|la| Amravaten(sis)}}) is a [[diocese]] located in the city of [[Amravati]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur|Nagpur]] in India.<br />
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==History==<br />
* 8 May 1955: Established as Diocese of Amravati from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur.<br />
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==Leadership==<br />
* [[Bishop]]s of Amravati ([[Latin Church|Latin Rite]])<br />
* Bishop Malcolm Sequeira<br />
** Bishop-elect [[Elias Gonsalves]] (11 July 2012 – 3 December 2018) now the apostolic administrator of the diocese<br />
** Bishop Lourdes Daniel (8 June 2007 – 11 November 2010). He had also been the [[Apostolic Administrator]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik]]; he was appointed Bishop of Nashik by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on Thursday, 11 November 2010; at that time he was designated as the temporary Apostolic Administrator of Amravati until the new Bishop was chosen on Wednesday, 11 July 2012<br />
** Bishop [[Edwin Colaço]] (12 May 1995 – 20 October 2006)<br />
** Bishop [[Joseph Albert Rosario]], [[M.S.F.S.]] (8 May 1955 – 12 May 1995)<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/amra0.htm GCatholic.org] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/damra.html Catholic Hierarchy] [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]<br />
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[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1955]]<br />
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century]]<br />
[[Category:Christianity in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Amravati district]]<br />
[[Category:1955 establishments in Bombay State]]<br />
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