Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi
Overview
 
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi is a diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 located in the city of Jhansi
Jhansi
Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...

 in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...

 of Agra in India.
  • January 12, 1940: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jhansi from the Diocese of Allahabad
  • July 5, 1954: Promoted as Diocese of Jhansi

  • Bishop
    Bishop
    A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

    s of Jhansi (Latin Rite)
    • Bishop Frederick D’Souza (March 4, 1977 – present)
    • Bishop Baptist Mudartha (November 29, 1967 – March 1, 1976)
    • Bishop Francis Xavier Fenech, O.F.M.
Quotations

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

How can you measure acting in inches?

When told he was too short to be an actor. James Dean's actual height was 5'8.

I'm playing the damn bongos and the world can go to hell.

Most of all I like to mold and create things.

I think the prime reason for living in this world is discovery.

I'm a serious minded and intense little devil - terribly gauche and so tense that I don't see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn't tolerate myself.

I don't even want to be just the best. I want to grow so tall that nobody can reach me.

I think there is only one form of greatness for man. If a man can bridge the gap between life and death. I mean, if he can live on after he has died, then maybe he was a great man. To me the only success, the only greatness, is immortality.

 
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