The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese. The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the Latin Church. There are 5 Indian cardinals, all of whom are electors. All the Catholic bishops of India are members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.
Overview
A summary of the number of bishops in India:[note 1]
- Major archbishops: 2
- Titular patriarch: 1
- Metropolitan archbishops: 26
- Archbishop-bishops: 2
- Bishops: 129
- Bishops of curia: 2
- Auxiliary bishops: 16
- Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 87
- Archbishops/bishops-elect: 6
- Total: 271
- Cardinal electors: 5
- Vacant sees: 9
- Apostolic administrators: 5
- Major archiepiscopal administrator: 1
- Diocesan administrators: 3