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With the establishment of Syro Malabar eparchies of Shamshabad and Hosur in October 2017, the Catholic Church in India includes 174 dioceses, of which 132 are Latin, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are Syro-Malankara. These are organised into 29 ecclesiastical provinces, comprising 23 Latin, 4 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 Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces
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Province of Agra
[edit]Province of Bangalore
[edit]Province of Bhopal
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay
- Diocese of Poona
- Diocese of Vasai
- Diocese of Nashik
- Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar)
Province of Calcutta
[edit]Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
[edit]Province of Delhi
[edit]Province of Gandhinagar
[edit]- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
- Diocese of Ahmedabad
- Diocese of Baroda
- Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar)
Province of Goa and Daman
[edit]Province of Guwahati
[edit]Province of Hyderabad
[edit]Province of Imphal
[edit]Province of Madras and Mylapore
[edit]Province of Madurai
[edit]Province of Nagpur
[edit]- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur
- Diocese of Amravati
- Diocese of Aurangabad
- Diocese of Chanda (Syro-Malabar)
Province of Patna
[edit]Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
[edit]Province of Raipur
[edit]Province of Ranchi
[edit]Province of Shillong
[edit]Province of Trivandrum
[edit]Province of Verapoly
[edit]Province of Visakhapatnam
[edit]Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces
[edit]The Syro-Malabar Church is governed by the Major Archbishop whose seat is Ernakulam-Angamaly and the synod of all bishops of this sui iuris church, both within and outside of India.
Province of Ernakulam - Angamaly
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Province of Changanassery
[edit]Province of Tellicherry
[edit]Province of Thrissur
[edit]Archdiocese of Kottayam
[edit]Syro-Malankara Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces
[edit]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
[edit]Province of Tiruvalla
[edit]Directly under the Holy See
[edit]See also
[edit]- Catholic Church in India
- Territories of Catholic dioceses in India
- Christianity in India
- List of cathedrals in India
- List of Catholic bishops of India
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies.
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DIOCESES OF INDIA". cbci.in. Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.
- ^ "CHURCH IN INDIA". cbci.in. Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.