With the establishment of Syro Malabar eparchies of Shamshabad and Hosur in October 2017, the Catholic Church in India includes 174

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...

s, of which 132 are

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, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are

Syro-Malankara The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic ''sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Cano ...

. These are organised into 29

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, comprising 23 Latin, 4 Syro-Malabar and 2 Syro-Malankara provinces. The bishops of the Latin Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Syro-Malankara Catholic Church form the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI). This

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was established in 1944. India Catholic Dioceses

Latin Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Agra

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra ** Diocese of Ajmer **

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. ...

** Diocese of Bareilly **'' Diocese of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar)'' **'' Diocese of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)'' ** Diocese of Jaipur ** Diocese of Jhansi ** Diocese of Lucknow ** Diocese of Meerut ** Diocese of Udaipur ** Diocese of Varanasi

Province of Bangalore

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangalore ** Diocese of Belgaum ** Diocese of Bellary ** Diocese of Chikmagalur ** Diocese of Gulbarga ** Diocese of Karwar **

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 ...

** Diocese of Mysore ** Diocese of Shimoga ** Diocese of Udupi

Province of Bhopal

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal **

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 ...

** 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

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay ** Diocese of Poona ** Diocese of Vasai ** Diocese of Nashik ** '' Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar)''

Province of Calcutta

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta ** Diocese of Asansol ** Diocese of Bagdogra ** Diocese of Baruipur **

Diocese of Darjeeling The Diocese of Darjeeling is a Latin Roman Catholic suffragan diocese situated in the north east of India, in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Ev ...

** Diocese of Jalpaiguri ** Diocese of Krishnagar ** Diocese of Raiganj

Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar ** Diocese of Balasore ** Diocese of Berhampur ** Diocese of Rayagada ** Diocese of Rourkela ** Diocese of Sambalpur

Province of Delhi

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Delhi ** Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar **

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 ...

** Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh

Province of Gandhinagar

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gandhinagar **

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 ...

** Diocese of Baroda ** '' Diocese of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar)''

Province of Goa and Daman

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman ( la, Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis, gom, Gõy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant, pt, Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão) encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan r ...

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 ...

Province of Guwahati

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guwahati ** Diocese of Bongaigaon **

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 ...

** Diocese of Diphu **

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 ...

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 ...

Diocese of Tezpur Diocese of Tezpur is a Roman Catholic diocese that has its seat in Tezpur, which is in Assam, India. It was founded in 1964. Bishops of Tezpur * Oreste Marengo, S.D.B. (6 Jul 1964 Appointed - 26 Jun 1969 Resigned) * Joseph Mittathany (26 Jun 1 ...

Province of Hyderabad

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hyderabad ** '' Diocese of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar)'' ** Diocese of Cuddapah ** Diocese of Khammam ** Diocese of Kurnool ** Diocese of Nalgonda **

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 ...

Province of Imphal

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Imphal ** Diocese of Kohima

Province of Madras and Mylapore

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore ** Diocese of Chingleput ** Diocese of Coimbatore ** Diocese of Ootacamund ** Diocese of Vellore

Province of Madurai

* Metropolitan Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madurai ** Diocese of Dindigul ** Diocese of Kottar **

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 ...

** Diocese of Palayamkottai ** Diocese of Sivagangai **

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 ...

** Diocese of Tuticorin

Province of Nagpur

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagpur Metropolitan may refer to: * Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories * Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England * Metropolitan county, a typ ...

** Diocese of Amravati ** Diocese of Aurangabad ** '' Diocese of Chanda (Syro-Malabar)''

Province of Patna

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Patna ** Diocese of Bettiah ** Diocese of Bhagalpur ** Diocese of Buxar ** Diocese of Muzaffarpur ** Diocese of Purnea

Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore la, Pondicherien(sis) et Cuddaloren(sis) is an archdiocese located in the cities of Pondicherry and Cuddalore in India. History With a land area of 11,348 square kilom ...

** Diocese of Dharmapuri ** Diocese of Kumbakonam ** Diocese of Salem ** Diocese of Tanjore

Province of Raipur

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Raipur ** Diocese of Ambikapur ** '' Diocese of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar)'' ** Diocese of Jashpur ** Diocese of Raigarh

Province of Ranchi

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi **

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 ...

** Diocese of Dumka ** Diocese of Gumla ** Diocese of Hazaribag **

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 ...

** Diocese of Khunti ** Diocese of Port Blair ** Diocese of Simdega

Province of Shillong

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shillong ** Diocese of Agartala ** Diocese of Aizawl ** Diocese of Jowai ** Diocese of Nongstoin ** Diocese of Tura

Province of Trivandrum

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trivandrum **

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 ...

** Diocese of Neyyattinkara ** Diocese of Punalur ** Diocese of Quilon

Province of Verapoly

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Verapoly ** Diocese of Calicut **

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 ...

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 ...

** Diocese of Kottapuram **

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 ...

** Diocese of Vijayapuram

Province of Visakhapatnam

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam ** Diocese of Eluru ** Diocese of Guntur **

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 ...

** Diocese of Srikakulam **

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 Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

The

Syro-Malabar Church 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 ...

is governed by the

Major Archbishop In the Eastern Catholic Churches, major archbishop (sometimes also styled as major archeparch) is a title for the chief hierarch of an autonomous (''sui juris'') particular Church that has not been "endowed with the patriarchal title". Major arch ...

whose seat is

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

Angamaly Angamaly (''Aṅkamāli''), , Malayalam : അങ്കമാലി Situated about north of the city centre, the town lies at the intersection of Main Central Road (MC Road) and National Highway 544. MC Road, which starts from Thiruvanantha ...

and the

synod A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...

of all bishops of this ''sui iuris'' church, both within and outside of India.

Province of Ernakulam - Angamaly

Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-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 ...

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 ...

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

* Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery **

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

** Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady **

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 ...

** Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady **

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 ...

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

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 ...

** Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram **

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 ...

** Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat

Archdiocese of Kottayam

Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese 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 ...

Directly under the Holy See

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Faridabad The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Faridabad is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Faridabad, a city in Haryana, India. Erected on 6 March 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI it serves around 150,000 Syro-Malabar Catholics in the area of D ...

* Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Hosur * Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Shamshabad

Syro-Malankara Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

The

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of Ca ...

is also a major archiepiscopal ''sui iuris'' Church. It is governed by the

whose seat is

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 its

of bishops.

Province of Trivandrum

Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum The Syro-Malankara Catholic Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum is a Syro-Malankara Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or major archeparchy of the Catholic Church in Trivandrum, India. Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop-Catholicos of the ...

Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Marthandom {{Infobox diocese , jurisdiction = Eparchy , name = Marthandom , latin = Eparchia Marthandomensis , local = மார்த்தாண்டம் மறைமாவட்ட , image = ...

** Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Mavelikara ** Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Parassala ** Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Pathanamthitta

Province of Tiruvalla

* Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla ** Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Muvattupuzha **

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 ...

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

Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate 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

* Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon

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Roman Catholic dioceses

Latin Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Agra

Province of Bangalore

Province of Bhopal

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 Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Ernakulam - Angamaly

Province of Changanassery

Province of Tellicherry

Province of Thrissur

Archdiocese of Kottayam

Directly under the Holy See

Syro-Malankara Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Trivandrum

Province of Tiruvalla

Directly under the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church

Directly under the Holy See

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