List of Catholic dioceses in India

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 Catholic Church, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are Syro-Malankara. These are organised into 30 ecclesiastical provinces, comprising 23 Latin, 5 Syro-Malabar and 2 Syro-Malankara provinces.[1]

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

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

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
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Idukki
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam

Province of Changanassery
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay

Province of Tellicherry
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya

Province of Thrissur
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda
    • Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat

Province of Kottayam
  • Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Kottayam

Directly under the Holy See

Syro-Malankara Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

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

Province of Tiruvalla

Directly under the Holy See
  • Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon
  • Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of St. Ephrem of Khadki
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See also

Footnotes
  1. The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies.

References
  1. http://cbci.in/DiocesesofIndiaDisp.aspx
  2. http://cbci.in/Church-in-India.aspx
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