The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by

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. The bishops of India include two

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s, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the

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church, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the

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. There are 6 Indian

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, 5 of whom are electors. All the Catholic bishops of India are members of the

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Overview

A summary of the number of bishops in India: * Major archbishops: 2 * Titular patriarch: 1 * Metropolitan archbishops: 27 * Archbishop-bishops: 2 * Bishops: 118 * Bishops of curia: 2 * Auxiliary bishops: 18 * Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 74 * Bishop-elect: 3 :Total: 247 * Cardinal electors:5 * Cardinal non-elector: 1 * Vacant sees: 21

Latin Catholic Provinces

Ecclesiastical Province of Agra

*Metropolitan Archbishop Raphy Manjaly of the Archdiocese of Agra ** * Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza of the Diocese of Ajmer ** * (vacant)

Diocese of Allahabad The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prayagraj ( la, Prayagrajen(sis)) is a diocese with its see located in the city of Prayagraj in the Ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. The Diocese of Prayagraj is spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh. ...

(administered by diocesan administrator) ** * Bishop Ignatius D’Souza of the Diocese of Bareilly * Bishop

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of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bijnor The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bijnor is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Uttarakhand, India. Its current eparch is the Vincent Nellaiparambil, who was consecrated bishop on 1 N ...

** * Bishop Mar

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, CST of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Gorakhpur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Gorakhpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, belonging to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The eparchy was erected by Pope John Paul II in 1984 through the Bull " Ex quo Divinum Concilium". Thomas ...

** * Bishop

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of the Diocese of Jaipur * Bishop

Peter Parapullil The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jhansi ( la, Ihansien is) is a diocese located in the city of Jhansi in the Ecclesiastical province of Agra in India. Peter Parapullil has been the diocesan bishop since 2012. History * 12 January 1940: Establi ...

of the Diocese of Jhansi * Bishop

Gerald John Mathias Bishop Gerald John Mathias is the current serving bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow. Early life Gerald was born on 20 September 1953 in Kallianpur, Karnataka, India He did his early schooling from St Joseph’s School, Kallianpu ...

of the Diocese of Lucknow * (vacant) Diocese of Meerut (administered by diocesan administrator) * Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa,

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of the Diocese of Udaipur * Bishop Eugene Joseph of the Diocese of Varanasi

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore

*Metropolitan archbishop Peter Machado of the Archdiocese of Bangalore ** ** * Bishop Derek Fernandes of the Diocese of Belgaum * Bishop Henry D’Souza of the Diocese of Bellary * Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa of the Diocese of Chikmagalur * Bishop Robert Michael Miranda of the Diocese of Gulbarga * Bishop Derek Fernandes, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Karwar * Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha of the

Diocese of Mangalore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore ( la, Diocesis Mangalorensis) is a diocese located in the city of Mangalore in the Ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India. The diocese falls on the southwestern coast of India. At present, it com ...

** * Archbishop Bernard Moras, apostolic administrator ''sede plena'' of the Diocese of Mysore, Metropolitan archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bangalore ** Bishop Kannikadass William Antony of the Diocese of Mysore ** * Bishop

Francis Serrao Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J. is the current serving Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shimoga, India. Early life and education Francis was born on 15 August 1959 in Moodabidri, Karnataka, India to Late Mr. Piedade Serrao and Mrs. Gracy M ...

, SJ of the Diocese of Shimoga * Bishop

Gerald Isaac Lobo Gerald Isaac Lobo is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Udupi.DSouza, Eugen"The new Bishop of Udupi"'' ellevison', Udupi, 14 Oct 2012. Retrieved on 22 March 2014. He is born and brought up in the Agrar. A small town in Dakshina Kannada dis ...

of the Diocese of Udupi

Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal

*Metropolitan Archbishop Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj,

of the Archdiocese of Bhopal ** ** * Bishop Joseph Thykkattil of the

Diocese of Gwalior The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gwalior ( la, Gwalioren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Gwalior in the Ecclesiastical province of Bhopal in India. History There had always been a large number of Christians in the service of Raja Sci ...

** * Bishop

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of the Diocese of Indore * Bishop

Gerald Almeida Bishop Gerald Almeida (born March 7, 1946) is the emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Early life Bishop Gerald Almeida was born on March 7, 1946, at Udyavar a small town near Mangalore Mangalore (), officially ...

of the Diocese of Jabalpur * (vacant) Diocese of Jhabua (administered by diocesan administrator) * (vacant) Diocese of Khandwa (administered by diocesan administrator) * Bishop

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of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Sagar The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of Sagar is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in central India, which is part of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Chaldean or Syro-Oriental Rite, led by the Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angam ...

** * Bishop

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of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Satna The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Satna is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church based in the town of Satna. It was erected on February 26, 1977. It is spread out in the northern part of the state Madhy ...

** * Bishop Mar Sebastian Vadakel,

of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain (Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars) is a Syro-Malabar eparchy (Eastern Catholic) in India, part of the rite-specific the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite). It thus depends on the Roman Congr ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay

* Cardinal

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, Metropolitan Archbishop of the

Archdiocese of Bombay The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay is a particular church celebrating the Latin Rite of worship, centred in the Bombay (Mumbai) city of the northern Konkan division of Maharashtra, India. The archdiocese has been a Metropolitan see since ...

** Auxiliary Bishop Dominic Savio Fernandes of the

** Auxiliary Bishop John Rodrigues of the

** Auxiliary Bishop Allwyn D’Silva of the

** Auxiliary Bishop Barthol Barretto of the

** ** * Bishop Mar Thomas Elavanal, MCBS of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kalyan The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kalyan is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India within the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, based in Kalyan, India. The eparchy was established to cater the spiritual needs of the Syro Malabar Christians based in ...

* Bishop Lourdes Daniel of the Diocese of Nashik * Bishop Thomas Dabre of the Diocese of Poona * Archbishop ''ad personam''

Felix Anthony Machado Felix Anthony Machado (born 6 June 1948) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Vasai since 2009. He spent a decade in the Roman Curia as under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. B ...

of the Diocese of Vasai

Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta

*Metropolitan Archbishop

Thomas D'Souza Archbishop Thomas D'Souza is a serving Archbishop of Calcutta and member of the Commission for Education of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India. Early life He was born in Adyarpadav - Mangalore, Karnataka on 26 Aug 1950. He was bapt ...

of the

Archdiocese of Calcutta The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta ( la, Archidioecesis Calcuttensis) is an ecclesiastical Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in India. History The archdiocese was originally erected as the Apostolic Vicariate ...

* Bishop Salvadore Lobo, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Asansol, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Baruipur ** * Bishop Vincent Aind of the Diocese of Bagdogra * Bishop

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of the Diocese of Baruipur * Bishop Stephen Lepcha of the

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* Bishop Clement Tirkey of the Diocese of Jalpaiguri * Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes, SDB of the Diocese of Krishnagar ** * Bishop Fulgence Aloysius Tigga of the Diocese of Raiganj

Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

*Metropolitan Archbishop John Barwa,

of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar * (vacant) Diocese of Balasore (administered by diocesan administrator) ** * Bishop

Sarat Chandra Nayak Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (born 1 July 1957) is a current bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Berhampur in Odisha, India. Early life Sarat was born on 1 July 1957 in Kerubadi, Odisha, India. Priesthood He was Ordained a Catholic Priest on 25 ...

of the Diocese of Berhampur * Bishop Aplinar Senapati, CM of the Diocese of Rayagada * Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur of the Diocese of Rourkela * Bishop Niranjan Sual Singh of the Diocese of Sambalpur **

Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi

*Metropolitan archbishop

Anil Joseph Thomas Couto Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto is the serving Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi. Early life He was born on 22 September 1954 in Pomburpa, Goa, to Mr. Avito Piedade Jose Couto and Mrs. Ernestina Isabel Lobo e Couto ...

of the Archdiocese of Delhi **Auxiliary bishop Deepak Valerian Tauro of the Archdiocese of Delhi ** * Bishop Ivan Pereira of the Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar * Bishop

Agnelo Rufino Gracias Agnelo Rufino Gracias (born 30 July 1939, in Mombasa) is the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay. On 8 October 2018, Gracias took office as apostolic administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church ...

, apostolic administrator ''sede plena'' of the

Diocese of Jalandhar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar / Jullundur ( la, Iullunduren(sis)) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, located in the city of Jalandhar in the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India. History * 17 January 1952: Estab ...

, Auxiliary bishop emeritus of the

** Bishop

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of the

* Bishop Ignatius Loyola Mascarenhas of the Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh

Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar

*Metropolitan archbishop Thomas Ignatius MacWan of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar ** * Bishop Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian of the

Diocese of Ahmedabad The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahmedabad ( la, Ahmedabaden(sis)) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Gujarati Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Gandhinagar, yet depends on the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peop ...

* ** * Bishop Mar Jose Chittooparambil, CMI of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Rajkot **

Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman

*Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, Metropolitan Archbishop Patriarch of the

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* Bishop

Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto (born 22 December 1952) is the serving bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sindhudurg. Early life Barreto was born in Goa on 22 December 1952. Priesthood Barreto was ordained a Catholic priest on 1 ...

of the

Diocese of Sindhudurg The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sindhudurg (''Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis'') in India was created on July 5, 2005, when it was split from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona. It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bombay until 25 November ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati

*Metropolitan Archbishop

John Moolachira John Moolachira is the current serving Archbishop of Guwahati. Early life He was born in Puthussery Kadavu, Kerala on 14 December 1951. Priesthood He was ordained a Catholic Priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tezpur on 23 October 19 ...

of the Archdiocese of Guwahati ** * Bishop Thomas Pulloppillil of the Diocese of Bongaigaon * Bishop Albert Hemrom of the

Diocese of Dibrugarh The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dibrugarh ( la, Dibrugarhen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Dibrugarh in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guwahati, Guwahati in India. History * 12 July 1951: Established as ...

** * Bishop Paul Mattekatt of the Diocese of Diphu * Bishop

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of the

Diocese of Itanagar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itanagar (''Dioecesis Itanagarensis'') in India was created on 7 December 2005 by splitting it from the Diocese of Tezpur. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guwahati. Its first bishop was John Thom ...

* Bishop George Palliparambil, SDB of the

Diocese of Miao The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao ( la, Dioecesis Miaoensis) is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Guwahati. It is located in Miao in India. It was created on 7 December 2005, by splitting it from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. Its first b ...

** Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Panipitchai, SDB of the

* Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo of the

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Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad

*Cardinal

Anthony Poola Anthony Poola (born 15 November 1961) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Hyderabad since 2021. He was Bishop of Kurnool from 2008 to 2020. Before becoming a bishop, he worked as a priest of the Diocese of Cu ...

, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad ** * Bishop

Antony Prince Panengaden Mar Antony Prince Panengaden (born 13 May 1976) is an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, who serves as an Eparchial Bishop of Adilabad since 6 August 2015. Life Bishop Panengaden was born in Thrissur district of the Archeparchy of Thriss ...

of the Diocese of Adilabad ** * Bishop Bali Gali, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Cuddapah, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Guntur ** * Bishop Udumala Bala Show Reddy, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Khammam ** * (vacant) Diocese of Kurnool (administered by diocesan administrator) * Cardinal

, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Nalgonda ** * Bishop Udumala Bala Show Reddy of the

Diocese of Warangal The Roman Catholic Diocese of Warangal ( la, Varangalen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Warangal in the Ecclesiastical province of Hyderabad in India. History * 22 December 1952: Established as Diocese of Warangal from the Diocese o ...

Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal

*Metropolitan Archbishop Dominic Lumon of the Archdiocese of Imphal * Bishop James Thoppil of the Diocese of Kohima **

Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore

* Metropolitan Archbishop

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of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore ** * Bishop Anthonisamy Neethinathan of the Diocese of Chingleput * Bishop Lephonse Thomas Aquinas of the Diocese of Coimbatore * Bishop Arulappan Amalraj of the Diocese of Ootacamund * (vacant) Diocese of Vellore (administered by diocesan administrator)

Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai

*Metropolitan Archbishop

Antony Pappusamy Antony Pappusamy (born 1 October 1949) is the serving Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai in India. Early life and education He was born on 1 October 1949 in Marambadi, Tamil Nadu. He completed his high school education from R.C ...

of the

Archdiocese of Madurai The Archdiocese of Madurai ( la, Madhuraien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see the city of Madurai, India. History * 8 January 1938: Established as the Diocese of Madura ...

* Bishop

Thomas Paulsamy Thomas Paulsamy is the serving Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dindigul, India. He is the second bishop of the diocese. Early life and education He was born on 2 August 1954 in N. Poolampatty, Diocese of Tiruchy. He has acquired Mas ...

of the Diocese of Dindigul * Bishop Nazarene Soosai of the Diocese of Kottar ** * Archbishop

, apostolic administrator of the (vacant)

Diocese of Kuzhithurai The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kuzhithura is a diocese located in Tamil Nadu. It was erected on 22 December 2014 by Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December ...

** * Bishop

Antonysamy Savarimuthu Antonysamy Savarimuthu is a Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was born on 8 December 1960 in Vadaku Vandalam of the Diocese of Palayamkottai. Formation and Education He studied his initiation course in St P ...

of the Diocese of Palayamkottai ** * (vacant) Diocese of Sivagangai (administered by diocesan administrator) ** * Bishop Savarimuthu Arokiaraj of the

Diocese of Tiruchirapalli The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli/Trichy ( la, Tiruchirapolitan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Tiruchirapalli in the Ecclesiastical province of Madurai in India. History * 1606: Established as Mission “sui iuris” of Ma ...

* Bishop Stephen Antony Pillai of the Diocese of Tuticorin **

Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur

* Metropolitan Archbishop

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of the Archdiocese of Nagpur * Archbishop

, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Amravati * Bishop Ambrose Rebello of the Diocese of Aurangabad ** * Bishop

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of the Diocese of Chanda **

Ecclesiastical Province of Patna

*Metropolitan Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura of the Archdiocese of Patna ** * Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas of the Diocese of Bettiah * Bishop Kurien (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil of the Diocese of Bhagalpur * Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buxar **Bishop-elect James Shekhar of the Diocese of Buxar * Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta of the Diocese of Muzaffarpur ** * (vacant) Diocese of Purnea (administered by diocesan administrator) **

Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

*Metropolitan Archbishop Francis Kalist of the

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*Bishop

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of the Diocese of Dharmapuri *Bishop Francis Antonysamy of the Diocese of Kumbakonam *Bishop

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of the Diocese of Salem ** *(vacant) Diocese of Tanjore **

Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur

*Metropolitan Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of the Archdiocese of Raipur ** * Bishop

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of the Diocese of Ambikapur ** * Bishop Mar Joseph Kollamparampil, CMI of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Jagdalpur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It came into existence when in 1977 it was raised to a diocese by Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; ...

* Bishop

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of the Diocese of Jashpur * Bishop Paul Toppo of the Diocese of Raigarh

Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi

* Metropolitan Archbishop

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, SJ of the Archdiocese of Ranchi ** ** Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX of the Archdiocese of Ranchi * Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX, apostolic administrator of the (vacant)

Diocese of Daltonganj The Roman Catholic Diocese of Daltonganj ( la, Daltonganien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Daltonganj in the Ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India. History * 5 June 1971: Established as Diocese of Daltonganj from the Metropoli ...

** * Bishop Julius Marandi of the Diocese of Dumka * (vacant) Diocese of Gumla (administered by diocesan administrator) * Bishop

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of the Diocese of Hazaribag * Bishop Telesphore Bilung,

of the

Diocese of Jamshedpur The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jamshedpur ( la, Iamshedpuren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Jamshedpur in the Ecclesiastical province of Ranchi in India. History * 2 July 1962: Established as Diocese of Jamshedpur from the Archdi ...

* Bishop Binay Kandulna of the Diocese of Khunti * Bishop Visuvasam Selvaraj of the Diocese of Port Blair ** * Bishop Vincent Barwa of the Diocese of Simdega

Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong

* Metropolitan Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh of the

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* Bishop

Lumen Monteiro Lumen Monteiro (born 1 February 1952) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church, who serves as a bishop of the Diocese of Agartala. Early life Monteiro was born in 1952 in Calangute, Goa, India. Priesthood Monteiro joined the Congregati ...

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of the Diocese of Agartala * Bishop Stephen Rotluanga,

of the Diocese of Aizawl * (vacant) Diocese of Jowai (administered by diocesan administrator) * Bishop-elect Wilbert Marwein of the Diocese of Nongstoin * Bishop Andrew Marak of the Diocese of Tura ** Auxiliary bishop

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of the Diocese of Tura **

Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram

*Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Jessayyan Netto of the Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram ** ** Auxiliary Bishop Christhudas Rajappan of the Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram * Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil of the

Diocese of Alleppey The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alleppey ( la, Alleppeyen(sis)) is a diocese centered on the city of Alleppey in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum, Trivandrum in India. It lies along the Arabian Sea between t ...

* Bishop Vincent Samuel of the Diocese of Neyyattinkara * Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan of the Diocese of Punalur * Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery of the Diocese of Quilon ** **

Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly

*Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of the

Archdiocese of Verapoly The Archdiocese of Verapoly (Verapolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church, composed of Latin Catholics of Malabar and headquartered at the city of Cochin, in the south Indian state of Kerala. T ...

** * Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal of the Diocese of Calicut * Bishop Joseph Kariyil of the

Diocese of Cochin The Diocese of Cochin ( la, Dioecesis Coccinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Cochin, India. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdio ...

** * Bishop Alex Vadakumthala of the

Diocese of Kannur Pope John Paul II created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur in the Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly in India by bifurcating the Diocese of Calicut on 9 December 1998. The new Diocese consists of the Latin Catholics of Malabar residing in ...

* Bishop Joseph Karikassery of the Diocese of Kottapuram * Bishop Peter Abir Antonisamy of the

Diocese of Sultanpet Roman Catholic Diocese of Sultanpet ( la, Dioecesis Sultanpetensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese consisting of Palakkad district, Kerala, India erected from the division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coimbatore and Roman Catholic Diocese of Cal ...

* Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril of the Diocese of Vijayapuram

Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam

*Metropolitan Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam * Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera of the Diocese of Eluru * Bishop Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini of the Diocese of Guntur * Bishop

Doraboina Moses Prakasam Doraboina Moses Prakasam (born 2 October 1957) is the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nellore, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. St. Joseph's Cathedral in Nellore is the seat of the Bishop of Nellore. The Bishop is well v ...

of the

Diocese of Nellore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nellore ( la, Nelloren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Nellore in the Ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India. History * 3 July 1928: Established as Diocese of Nellore from the Metropolitan ...

* Bishop Vijaya Kumar Rayarala, PIME of the Diocese of Srikakulam * Bishop Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, SMM of the

Diocese of Vijayawada The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vijayawada ( la, Viiayavadan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Vijayawada in the Ecclesiastical province of Visakhapatnam in India. Administratively, the diocese encompasses the geographical Krishna distri ...

Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly

*Major Archbishop Cardinal

George Alencherry George Alencherry ( syr, ܡܵܪܝ ܓܝܼܘܲܪܓܝܼܣ ܐܵܠܲܢܫܝܪܝ, Mar Giwargis Alencherry) is the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was elected by the Holy Synod of the ...

of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

*Archbishop

Andrews Thazhath Mar Andrews Thazhath (born 13 December 1951) is an Indian Catholic prelate and Archeparch of Thissur in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Life He is the third and the present metropolitan archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of ...

, apostolic administrator ''sede plena'' of the

** ** **Bishop

Sebastian Vaniyapurackal Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...

of the Curia of the

*Bishop

John Nellikunnel John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Idukki The Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Idukki is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in southern India, in the proper ecclesiastical province of the Major Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly, which heads the entire Syro-Malabar Catholic Churc ...

*Bishop George Madathikandathil of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam is an East Syriac Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Pius XII in 1957. Mar George Madathikandathil is the eparch since 10 January ...

** **

Province of Changanassery

*Metropolitan Archbishop

Joseph Perumthottam Mar Joseph Perumthottam (born 5 July 1948) is a prelate of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Since 2007 he as served as the Archbishop of Changanassery. Education He was educated in St. Joseph's High School in Punnathura and St. Berchmans ...

of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery ** **Auxiliary Bishop

Thomas Joseph Tharayil Mar Thomas Tharayil( born 2 February 1972) is the auxiliary bishop of Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Changanacherry. He was conferred as the auxiliary bishop by Mar Joseph Perumthottam on 23 April 2017. Early life Thomas Joseph Tharayil, born o ...

of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery *Bishop Jose Pulickal of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally The Syro Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kanjirappally-Nilackal is a Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy with an area of 1980 km2 comprising the Kanjirappally taluk in Kottayam district and a few villages of the neighbouring taluks in Kottayam distr ...

** *Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai The Eparchy of Palai is a Syro-Malabar Catholic ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church with an area of 1166 km2 comprising the Meenachil taluk and a few villages of the neighbouring taluks in Kottayam, Ernakulam, and ...

** ** *Bishop

George Rajendran Kuttinadar George Rajendran Kuttinadar (born 14 April 1968) is the bishop of the Thuckalay diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, appointed to that position by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 August 2012. He was educated in Nashik where he studied philosoph ...

, SDB of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thuckalay-Thiruvithancode is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Thuckaly, Kanyakumari District. It was founded on 11 November 1996. Ordinaries *George Alencher ...

Province of Tellicherry

*Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Pamplany of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thalassery (anglicised - Tellicherry) is an archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church in communion with the See of Rome. The boundaries of the Thalassery ecclesiastical province were extended to include Ma ...

** ** *Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady *Bishop Joseph Erumachadath, MCBS of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Bhadravathi was created by Benedict XVI's Papal bull "Cum Ampla" as a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thalassery (anglicised - T ...

*Bishop

Jose Porunnedom Mar Jose Porunnedom (born 13 March 1956) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop who currently serves as the bishop of Manathavady Diocese. He is the third bishop of Manathavady Diocese. Early life and episcopal career Jose Porunnedom was born at ...

of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady **Auxiliary Bishop Alex Tharamangalam of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady *Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Thamarassery is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was created on 28 April 1986. On Monday, 18 January 2010, the Synod of Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church, mee ...

*Bishop

Sebastian Adayanthrath Sebastian Adayantharath (born 5 April 1957) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop. He is the current bishop of Mandya and also a former auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly. Biography Early life Mar Sebastian Adayanthar ...

of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya is situated in Mandya city in Mandya district of Karnataka. The eparchy includes ten civil districts of Karnataka, namely Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ramanagara, Tumkur, Mysore, ...

Province of Thrissur

*Metropolitan Archbishop

of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Trichur-Palayoor, in Thrissur District of Central Kerala, India, with nearly half a million Syro-Malabar Catholics now, used to be the largest Catholic diocese in India when it included the Syro-Malab ...

** **Auxiliary Bishop

Tony Neelankavil Mar Tony Neelankavil is a Syro-Malabar catholic bishop and titular bishop of Masuccaba. He is the third and the present Auxiliary Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur from November 2017. He was nominated as the Auxiliary Bis ...

of the

*Bishop

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of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda-Kodungallur is a suffragan eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur in Kerala state's Thrissur District ...

*Bishop Peter Kochupuruckal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat ** *Bishop Paul Alappatt of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram

Archdiocese of Kottayam

*Metropolitan Archbishop

Mathew Moolakkattu Mar Mathew Moolakkatt (27 February 1953), an East Syriac knanaya Catholic Archbishop was born in Uzhavoor, India. Currently he is Archbishop of Knanaya Catholics of Kottayam Archeparchy, succeeding Kuriakose Kunnacherry upon his retirement, ...

of the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam The Knanaya Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam is a metropolitan Archeparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India. The Archeparchy is exclusively for Knanaya faithful who are the descendants of Syriac Judeo-Christians (early ...

** Auxiliary Bishop Jose Pandarassery of the

** Auxiliary Bishop Gheevarghese Mar Aprem (born George Kurisummoottil) of the

Directly under the Holy See

*Archbishop ''ad personam'' Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad **Auxiliary bishop Jose Puthenveettil of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad *Bishop Sebastian (Jobby) Pozholiparampil of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Hosur *Bishop

Raphael Thattil Mar Raphael Thattil is an Indian Catholic prelate of the Syro-Malabar Church. He has been a bishop since 2010 and the first bishop of the Eparchy (Diocese) of Shamshabad since 2018. The Diocese of Shamshabad is headquartered in Telangana ...

of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad ** Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Kollamparambil of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad ** Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Padiyath of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad

Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Trivandrum

*Major Archbishop Cardinal Baselios Cleemis of the Syro-Malankara Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum **Auxiliary bishop Mathew Manakkarakavil of the Syro-Malankara Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum **Auxiliary bishop Antony Kakkanatt of the Curia of the Syro-Malankara Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum *Bishop K.M. Vincent Kulapuravilai of the Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Marthandom *Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil of the Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Mavelikara *Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparampil of the Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Parassala *Bishop Samuel Irenios Kattukallil of the Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Pathanamthitta **

Province of Tiruvalla

*Metropolitan Archbishop Thomas Mar Koorilos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla *Bishop Joseph Konnath of the

Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery The Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery is an eparchy of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in Sulthan Bathery, in Kerala, India. Aboon Joseph Mar Thomas was the bishop. The seat of the eparchy is at St. Thomas Syro-Malankara Catholic ...

*Bishop Yoohanon (John) Theodosius Kochuthundil of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Muvattupuzha and Apostolic Visitor for Syro-Malankara faithful resident in Europe and in Oceania ** *Bishop George Kalayil of the

Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur The Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur (or - Puttur) (also called Puthur of the Syro-Malankars), the first Syro-Malankara Catholic diocese in India's southern Karnataka, is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan ...

Directly under the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

* Bishop Anthony Valiyavilayil, OIC, archiepiscopal administrator of the (vacant)

Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki The Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki was established by Pope Francis on 23 November 2019. It is for the Syro-Malankara Catholics of Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It has ...

Directly under the Holy See

* Bishop Anthony Valiyavilayil, OIC of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon

Indian bishops serving abroad

Diocesan bishops and equivalent

* Archbishop Alex Thomas Kalayanil,

of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe * Bishop

Joy Alappat Mar John Alappatt (born September 27, 1956) is an Indian-born bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in the United States. He serves as the eparch of St. Thomas Eparchy of Chicago since 2022. He served as the auxiliary bishop of the s ...

of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago, USA * Bishop Philippos Stephanos Thottathil, Apostolic Exarch of the Syro-Malankara Exarchate of the USA * Bishop Georges Varkey Puthiyakulangara, MEP of the

Diocese of Port-Bergé In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

, Madagascar * Bishop

Jose Kalluvelil Mar Jose Kalluvelil (born November 15, 1955) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church; he was serving as the first bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga is an eparchy for ...

, Apostolic Exarch of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mississauga * Bishop

Joseph Srampickal Joseph Srampickal is an Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop. In 2016, he was appointed the first bishop of the Eparchy of Great Britain, which had been erected by Pope Francis the same year. Early life Joseph Srampickal was born on 30 May ...

(born Benny Mathew) of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain * Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, CM, Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte, Ethiopia * Bishop Paul Simick, Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal * Bishop

Stephen Chirappanath Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

, Apostolic Visitor for the Syro-Malabar faithful in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

* Bishop Rozario Menezes, SMM of the Diocese of Lae, Papua New Guinea * Bishop

Siby Mathew Peedikayil Siby Mathew Peedikayil (born December 6, 1970, in Meloram) is an Indian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aitape The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aitape is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang. It ...

, HGN of the Diocese of Aitape, Papua New Guinea * Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello,

of the Diocese of Francistown, Botswana * Bishop Earl Kenneth Fernandes of the

Diocese of Columbus The Diocese of Columbus ( la, Dioecesis Columbensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church covering 23 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The episcopal see of the diocese is situated at Columbus. The dioce ...

, USA (Indian Origin) * Bishop-elect John Panamthottathil, CMI of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Melbourne, Australia

Apostolic nuncios and papal representatives

* Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt,

Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina The Apostolic Nunciature to Bosnia and Herzegovina the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Sarajevo since 1993. The current Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina is Francis Assisi Chullikatt, who w ...

, Apostolic Nuncio to Montenegro * Archbishop

Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal (born 4 August 1966) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See as Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria. He was the Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Isla ...

, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria , Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia

Retired

* Archbishop

Blasco Francisco Collaço Blasco Francisco Collaço (born 16 May 1931) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including 30 years as an apostolic nuncio. Biography Collaço was born in Raia, Goa, Indi ...

, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus to

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Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

and

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

* Archbishop

George Panikulam George Panikulam (born 26 October 1942) is a bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He was given the title of nuncio in 1999 and consecrated a bishop in 2000. He retired in 2017 ...

, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay * Archbishop

George Kocherry George Kocherry (born 4 February 1945) is an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malabar Church who joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1978 and became an archbishop and nuncio in 2000. After serving as apostolic nuncio to Togo, Ghana, and ...

, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bangladesh * Bishop emeritus

Jacob Angadiath Mar Jacob Angadiath (born September 26, 1945) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church; he was serving as the first bishop of the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago from July 2001 until his retirement on July 3, 2022. ...

of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago, USA * Bishop emeritus

Bosco Puthur Bosco Puthur (born 28 May 1946) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop. He was born in Parappur, Kerala, India and is the Curia Bishop of the Syro Malabar Church. Previously, he has served as Rector of Mangalapuzha Seminary, St. Joseph's Pontifical ...

of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Melbourne, Australia

Apostolic nuncio

* Archbishop

Leopoldo Girelli Leopoldo Girelli (born 13 March 1953) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the apostolic nuncio to India and to Nepal. He was nuncio to Israel and to Cyprus as well as apostolic delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine from 2017 ...

, Apostolic Nuncio to India

Indian cardinals

; Electors * Cardinal

Mar Mar, mar or MAR may refer to: Culture * Mar or Mor, an honorific in Syriac * Earl of Mar, an earldom in Scotland * MAA (singer) (born 1986), Japanese * Marathi language, by ISO 639-2 language code * March, as an abbreviation for the third mon ...

, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly and Head of the Syro-Malabar Church, age * Oswald ''Cardinal'' Gracias, Metropolitan Archbishop of

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, age * Cardinal Mor Baselios Cleemis, Major Archbishop of

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

and Head of the Malankara Catholic Church, age * Filipe Neri ''Cardinal'' Ferrao, Metropolitan Archbishop Patriarch of the Goa and Daman, age * Anthony ''Cardinal'' Poola, Metropolitan Archbishop of the

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

, age ;Non-elector * Telesphore Placidus ''Cardinal'' Toppo, Metropolitan Archbishop of

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

, age

Footnotes

References

Catholic Bishops' Conference of India website

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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

Directly under the Holy See

Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Trivandrum

Province of Tiruvalla

Directly under the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

Directly under the Holy See

Indian bishops serving abroad

Diocesan bishops and equivalent

Apostolic nuncios and papal representatives

Retired

Apostolic nuncio

Indian cardinals

See also

Footnotes

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