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Diocese of Aurangabad

diocese of the Catholic Church in India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ866939 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aurangabad (Latin: Aurangabaden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Aurangabad in the ecclesiastical province of Nagpur in India.

History

On 17 December 1977, Paul VI promulgated the papal bull Qui arcano, establishing the Diocese of Aurangabad from the Diocese of Amravati and the Archdiocese of Hyderabad.

According to local sources, the Roman Catholic community numbers around 50,000.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Diocese of Aurangabad” as diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977. The account is most persuasive where Diocese, Aurangabad and diocese can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as diocese of the Catholic Church in India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q866939. Authority coordinates are 19.886, 75.309. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Diocese of Aurangabad”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Diocese of Aurangabad primary sources, Diocese of Aurangabad archive and Diocese research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Diocese of Aurangabad”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Diocese of Aurangabad” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.