Diocese of Baroda

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda (Latin: Baroden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Baroda in the ecclesiastical province of Gandhinagar in India.

Diocese of Baroda Dioecesis Barodensis
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Gandhinagar
Metropolitan	Gandhinagar
Statistics
Area	40,365 km2 (15,585 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2012) 17,857,000 92,051 (0.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Vadodara
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Most Rev. Sebastiao Mascarenhas, SFX
Metropolitan Archbishop	Stanislaus Fernandes

History

• 29 September 1966: Established as the Diocese of Baroda from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay

Leadership

• Bishops of Baroda (Latin Rite)

Most Rev. Sebastiao Mascarenhas,SFX (18 February 2023 - )

• • Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. (29 August 1997 – 18 December 2021)
  • Bishop Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. (27 April 1987 – 29 August 1997)
  • Bishop Ignatius Salvador D’Souza (29 September 1966 – 19 January 1986)

External links

• Giga-Catholic Information ^{[self-published]}
• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}