The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain (Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars) is a

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eparchy ( Eastern Catholic) in

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, part of the rite-specific the

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(

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). It thus depends on the

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, but is simultaneously a

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see in the

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of the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal. Its

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episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, in

Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani language, Hindustani pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Prad ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

state in central India.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,602 Eastern Catholics (0.1% of 6,253,649 total) on 18,441 km² in 41 parishes and a mission with 93 priests (41 diocesan, 52 religious), 433 lay religious (120 brothers, 313 sisters) and 9 seminarians.

History

* It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain, on territory split off from the (Latin)

Diocese of Indore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Indore is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Founded in 1952 and spread over 3 civil districts of western Madhya Pradesh, it serves an area of 19,073 km². The bish ...

. * On 26 February 1977 the Apostolic Exarchate was elevated to Diocese of Ujjain.

Ordinaries

(all

Syro-Malabar Rite 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 ...

) ;''Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain'' * Father John Perumattam, Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.) (29 July 1968 – 26 February 1977 ''see below'') ;''Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Ujjain * John Perumattam, M.S.T. (''see above'' 26 February 1977 – retired 4 April 1998), died 2011 * Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. (4 April 1998 – ... ), no previous prelature

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Religious organizations established in 1977 Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, tran ...

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

Christianity in Madhya Pradesh Christianity is a minority religion in Madhya Pradesh, a state of India. Hindus form the majority in the state. The Dioceses of Bhopal and of Jabalpur of the Church of North India have their seats in Madhya Pradesh. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese ...

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History of Ujjain Ujjain (, Hindustani pronunciation: �d͡ːʒɛːn is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain ...

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History

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