Roman Catholicism in India

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The Roman Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. All the bishops in India, both Western and Eastern, form the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, which was founded in 1944.

There are over 17 million Catholics in India, which represents 1.5% of the total population. There are 157 ecclesiastical units in India comprising 29 archdioceses and 128 dioceses. Of these, 127 are Latin Rite, 25 Syro-Malabar Rite and 5 Syro-Malankara Rite.

The Holy See's representative to the government of India and to the Church in India is the Apostolic Nuncio to India. The diplomatic mission was established as the Apostolic Delegation to the East Indies in 1881. It was raised to an Internunciature by Pope Pius XII in 1948, and to a full Apostolic Nunciature by Pope Paul VI in 1967.

1 Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces
2 Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces
3 Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces
- 3.1 Malankara Province of Trivandrum
- 3.2 Province of Tiruvalla
4 Statistics
5 External links

[edit] Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

The bishops of the Latin Church form the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, which has its own president, vice presidents, and secretary independent of those elected to the CBCI. This episcopal conference was established by Pope John Paul II in 1987.

[edit] Province of Agra

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Allahabad
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bareilly
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow
Roman Catholic Diocese of Meerut
Roman Catholic Diocese of Udaipur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Varanasi

Metropolitan: Agra is currently a vacant see; the Archbishop, Oswald Gracias, was transferred to Bombay to replace Cardinal Ivan Dias, who was appointed by the Pope as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

[edit] Province of Bangalore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bellary
Roman Catholic Diocese of Belgaum
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Karwar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mysore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shimoga

Metropolitan: Archbishop Bernard Moras

[edit] Province of Bhopal

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gwalior
Roman Catholic Diocese of Indore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jabalpur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhabua
Roman Catholic Diocese of Khandwa

Metropolitan: Archbishop Pascal Topno, SJ

[edit] Province of Bombay

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pune
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasa

Metropolitan: Archbishop Oswald Gracias

[edit] Province of Calcutta

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta
Roman Catholic Diocese of Baruipur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalpaiguri
Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Raiganj
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bagdogra
Roman Catholic Diocese of Asansol

Metropolitan: Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, SDB

[edit] Province of Cuttack - Bhubaneswar

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuttack - Bhubaneswar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Balasore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rourkela
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sambalpur

Metropolitan: Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, SVD

[edit] Province of Delhi

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jammu - Srinagar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Simla - Chandigarh

Metropolitan: Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao

[edit] Province of Gandhinagar

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahmedabad
Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda.

Metropolitan: Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes

[edit] Province of Goa - Daman

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa - Daman
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sindhudurg

Metropolitan: Patriarch Filipe Neri Ferrao

[edit] Province of Guwahati

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bongaigaon
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh
Roman Catholic Diocese of Diphu
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tezpur

Metropolitan: Archbishop Thomas Menaparampil, SDB

[edit] Province of Hyderabad

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah
Roman Catholic Diocese of Khammam
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurnool
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nalgonda
Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal

Metropolitan: Archbishop Marampudi Joji

[edit] Province of Imphal

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Imphal
Roman Catholic Diocese of Imphal
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kohima

Metropolitan: Archbishop Joseph Mittathany

[edit] Province of Madras - Mylapore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras - Mylapore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chingleput
Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ootacamund
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore

Metropolitan: Archbishop Malayappan Chinnappa, SDB

[edit] Province of Madurai

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dindigul
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sivagangai
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuticorin

Metropolitan: Bishop Peter Fernando

[edit] Province of Nagpur

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aurangabad

Metropolitan: Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara

[edit] Province of Patna

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bettiah
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bhagalpur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Muzaffarpur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Purnea

Metropolitan: Archbishop Benedict John Osta, SJ

[edit] Province of Pondicherry - Cuddalore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry - Cuddalore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salem
Roman Catholic Diocese of Thanjavur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dharmapuri

Metropolitan: Archbishop Anthony Anandarayor

[edit] Province of Raipur

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambikapur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Raigarh

Metropolitan: Archbishop Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel

[edit] Province of Ranchi

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi
Diocese of Daltonganj
Diocese of Dumka
Diocese of Jamshedpur
Diocese of Port-Blair, Gumla
Diocese of Simdega
Diocese of Khunti
Diocese of Hzaribagh

Metropolitan: Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo, President of the CBCI

[edit] Province of Shillong

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tura
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aizawl
Roman Catholic Diocese of Agartala

Metropolitan: Archbishop Dominic Jala, SDB

[edit] Latin Province of Trivandrum

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum
Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey
Roman Catholic Diocese of Neyyatinkara
Roman Catholic Diocese of Punalur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon

Metropolitan: Archbishop Calist Soosa Pakiam

[edit] Province of Verapoly

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly
Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottapuram
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayapuram

Metropolitan: Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, OCD

[edit] Province of Visakhapatnam

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
Roman Catholic Diocese of Eluru
Roman Catholic Diocese of Guntur
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nellore
Roman Catholic Diocese of Srikakulam
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada

Metropolitan: Archbishop Kagithapu Mariadas, MSFS

[edit] Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces

The Syro-Malabar Church is governed by the Major Archbishop of Erankulam-Angamaly and the synod of all bishops of the sui iuris Church, both within and outside of India.

[edit] Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly

[edit] Province of Changanassery

[edit] Province of Tellicherry

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarasserry

[edit] Province of Thrissur

[edit] Province of Kottayam

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam

[edit] Syro-Malabar Mission Dioceses Outside of Kerela

Syro-Malabar Diocese of Adilabad (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Bijnor (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra)
Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Chanda (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nagpur)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Gorakhpur (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Agra)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Jagadalpur (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Raipur)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Kalyan (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bombay)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Rajkot (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Sagar (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Satna (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal)
Syro-Malabar Diocese of Ujjain (Suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal)

[edit] Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces

The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is also a major archiepiscopal sui iuris Church. It is governed by the Major Archbishop of Trivandrum and its synod of bishops.

[edit] Malankara Province of Trivandrum

Syro-Malankara Archdiocese of Trivandrum
Syro-Malankara Diocese of Marthandom
Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Mavelikara

Metropolitan: Major Archbishop Isaac Mar Cleemis Thottunkal

[edit] Province of Tiruvalla

Syro-Malankara Archdiocese of Tiruvalla
Syro-Malankara Diocese of Bathery
Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Muvattupuzha

Metropolitan: Vacant — formerly Isaac Mar Cleemis Thottunkal, who was elected Major Archbishop of Trivandrum on February 8, 2007.

[edit] Statistics

Statistics for 2003 Total number of diocesan priests: 14,000; Religious Priests: 13,500; Religious Brothers: 4,300; Religious Sisters: 90,000; Total no. of Religious Congregations: 300 (Men, 70; Women, 230)

Educational Institutions: Kindergartens/Nursery Schools: 3,785; Primary Schools: 7,319; Secondary Schools: 3,765; Colleges: 240; Medical/Nursing Schools/Colleges: 28; Engineering Colleges: 5

Social Welfare Activities: Technical Training Schools/Polytechnics: 1,524; Hostels/Boarding Houses: 1,765; Orphanages: 1,085; Creches: 228; Hospitals: 704; Dispensaries/Health Centres: 1,792; Leprosaria: 111; Rehabilitation Centres: 102; Homes for Aged, Destitutes & Physically challenged: 455

[edit] External links

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Roman Catholicism in Asia

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¹ Has some territory in Europe.

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