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, 31 are Syro-Malabar, and 11 are Syro-Malankara. These are organised into 29 ecclesiastical provinces, comprising 23 Latin, 4 Syro-Malabar and 2 Syro-Malankara provinces.[1]

The bishops of the Latin 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

Ecclesiastical Territory of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad

Province of Changanassery

Province of Tellicherry

Province of Thrissur

Archdiocese of Kottayam

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

See also

Notes

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

External links

References

  1. ^ "DIOCESES OF INDIA". cbci.in. Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.
  2. ^ "CHURCH IN INDIA". cbci.in. Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.
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