List of Catholic dioceses in India
With the establishment of the dioceses of Shamshabad and Hosur in October 2017, the Roman Catholic Church in India includes 174 dioceses, of which 132 are Latin Church, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are Syro-Malankara. These are organised into 30 ecclesiastical provinces, comprising 23 Latin, 5 Syro-Malabar and 2 Syro-Malankara provinces.[1]
The bishops of the Latin Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Syro-Malankara Catholic Church form the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI).[2] This episcopal conference was established in 1944.
Latin ecclesiastical provinces
Province of Agra
Province of Bangalore
Province of Bhopal
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal
- Diocese of Gwalior
- Diocese of Indore
- Diocese of Jabalpur
- Diocese of Jhabua
- Diocese of Khandwa
- Diocese of Sagar (syro-malabar)
- Diocese of Satna (syro-malabar)
- Diocese of Ujjain (syro-malabar)
Province of Bombay
Province of Calcutta
Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Province of Delhi
Province of Gandhinagar
Province of Goa and Daman
Province of Guwahati
Province of Hyderabad
Province of Imphal
Province of Madras and Mylapore
Province of Madurai
Province of Nagpur
Province of Patna
Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Province of Raipur
Province of Ranchi
Province of Shillong
Province of Trivandrum
Province of Verapoly
Province of Visakhapatnam
Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces
The Syro-Malabar Church is governed by the Major Archbishop whose seat is Ernakulam-Angamaly and the synod of all bishops of the sui iuris Church, both within and outside of India.
Province of Ernakulam - Angamaly
Province of Changanassery
Province of Tellicherry
Province of Thrissur
Province of Kottayam
Directly under the Holy See
Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is also a major archiepiscopal sui iuris Church. It is governed by the Major Archbishop whose seat is Trivandrum and its synod of bishops.
Province of Trivandrum
Province of Tiruvalla
Directly under the Holy See
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies.