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List of Catholic bishops of India

List of Catholic bishops of India

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The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese. The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the Latin Church. There are 5 Indian cardinals, all of whom are electors. All the Catholic bishops of India are members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.

Latin rite provinces and dioceses of the Catholic church in India. The dioceses making up a province have different shades of the same colour

Overview

A summary of the number of bishops in India:[note 1]

  • Major archbishops: 2
  • Titular patriarch: 1
  • Metropolitan archbishops: 26
  • Archbishop-bishops: 2
  • Bishops: 129
  • Bishops of curia: 2
  • Auxiliary bishops: 16
  • Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 87
  • Archbishops/bishops-elect: 6
Total: 271
  • Cardinal electors: 5
  • Vacant sees: 9
    • Apostolic administrators: 5
    • Major archiepiscopal administrator: 1
    • Diocesan administrators: 3

Latin Catholic Provinces

Ecclesiastical Province of Agra

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore

Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal

Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay

Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta

Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi

Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar

Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman

Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati

Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad

Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal

Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore

Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai

Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur

Ecclesiastical Province of Patna

Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur

Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi

Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong

Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram

Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly

Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam

Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly

Province of Changanassery

Province of Tellicherry

Province of Thrissur

Archdiocese of Kottayam

Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Trivandrum

Province of Tiruvalla

Directly under the Holy See

Indian bishops serving abroad

Diocesan bishops and equivalent

Apostolic nuncios and papal representatives

Retired

Apostolic nuncio Vatican City

Indian cardinals

Electors

See also

Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    This summary does not include the Indian bishops serving abroad and the Nuncio. It was last updated on 6 April 2024.
  2. [N 2]
    The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies.

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.tanjorediocese.org/about. Retrieved 6 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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