Christians: The Christians in the district, according to 1961 census, numbered 13,689 (m7,102; f. 6,587) or about 0.9 per cent of the general population. Of these, 13,009 (m. 6,744; f 6,265) persons, or about 95 per cent resided in the urban area, the population which numbered 6,163 (including 2,870 Europeans and Eurasians) in 1901 has increased by about 122 per cent during the last sixty years, the mean decennial rate of increase or decrease for the period being +1.3, +6.07, +25.3, + 3.6, +33.08, respectively, for each decade. In 1951 the population included 661 (m. 385, f. 276) Anglo-Indians.

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GROWTH OF CHRISTIAN POPULATION-NAGPUR DISTICT.

Christians in the district belong to two main groups:- (a) the Roman Catholics, (b) other Christian Denominations.

 Christian Organisations: Roman Catholics:- " The Catholic mission was started from Savoy in France in 1846, the headquarters being fixed at Kamptee, where the first church and school was built in 1852. In 1870, the St. Francis de Sales’ school was built at Nagpur and the centre of the mission was transferred there. The diocese was established in 1887" and in September 1953 it was raised to an Archdiocese. The St. Francis de Sales Cathedral which has an Archbishop is the main church in the Archdiocese. The clergy for the most part are Indians. The following are some of the more important institutions existing in the Arechdiocese:-

1. The St. Francis de Sales’ Cathedral
2. The St. Francis de Sales’ High school, Nagpur
3. The St. John’ s High School;
4. The St. Francis de Sales’ college, a full-fledged Arts and science College teaching up to the Bachelor’s degree; from June 1962 it has started a Post-Graduate Diploma Course in Co-operation;
5. The St. Charles’s Seminary : an ecclesiastical College for the training of Catholic priests;
6. Educational Institutions for girls run by Catholic nuns;
1. St. Joseph’s Convent,
2. Providence Girl’s High School,
3. Mount Carmel School, Dhantoli
4. St. Joseph’s Convent High School, Kamptee,
5. The St. Anthony’s Church and the St. Anthony’s High School, Ajani,
6. The Poor House (now named 'Home For Aged & Handicapped'), Untkhana, where lepers, diseased and aged people are looked after and cared for by nuns.

The Archdiocese also runs a number of Churches, missions schools (mainly primary and middle ) and charitable organization in the mofussil.

Other Christian Denominations: (a) The Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (C.I.P.B.C) formerly known as the Anglican Church has a Bishop at Nagpur who is the Head of the Anglican diocese with Nagpur as headquarters. This diocese was founded in 1902 and consists of the Nagpur and Chattisgad divisions of the former central Provinces. The church of All Saints is the cathedral Church of North India: the most prominent figure of this church organisation was the Rev. Stephen Hislop. Whose name is well known for his geological and ethnographical researches in the country round Nagpur. And in whose memory the Hislop College has been named. The church runs the Hislop College in Nagpur, a full-fledged arts and Science College with a Post-Graduate course in Journalism, which has done yeoman service in the field of higher education in this area. It also maintains the church at Nagpur and some primary. Middle and high schools. The renowned Muir Memorial Hospital also belongs to it.

The Catholic population in the district consists of Goans, Manglorians, East-Indians, Tamilians and Malayalis found chiefly in towns. They have come in search of jobs from their home provinces and have settled down here since the past few decades. The Anglo-Indian section of the Catholic population (and this is true also the Anglo-Indians belonging to the other Christian Denominatins) has been steadily diminishing since the last decade, as they have been leaving India for United Kingdom. The Marathi Catholics are local Catholics. They mostly reside in rural areas, though some have also drifted from there into the towns and industrialised centres which offer better scope for employment.