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List of Catholic bishops of India

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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, with another Indian slated to be elevated as a cardinal in the consistory of 8 December 2024. All the Catholic bishops of India are members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.

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

Overview

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A summary of the number of bishops in India:[note 1]

  • Major archbishops: 2
  • Titular patriarch: 1
  • Metropolitan archbishops: 26
  • Archbishop-bishop: 1
  • Bishops: 134
  • Bishops of curia: 2
  • Coadjutor bishop: 1
  • Auxiliary bishops: 19
  • Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 86
  • Bishops-elect: 4
Total: 276
  • Cardinal electors: 5
  • Cardinal-designate: 1
  • Vacant sees: 9
    • Apostolic administrators: 6
    • Diocesan administrators: 2

Latin Catholic Provinces

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Ecclesiastical Province of Agra

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Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore

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Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal

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Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay

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Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta

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Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

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Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi

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Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar

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Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman

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Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati

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Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad

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Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal

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Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore

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Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai

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Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur

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Ecclesiastical Province of Patna

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Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

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Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur

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Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi

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Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong

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Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram

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Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly

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Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam

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Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces

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Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly

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Province of Changanassery

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Province of Tellicherry

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Province of Thrissur

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Archdiocese of Kottayam

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Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces

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Province of Trivandrum

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Province of Tiruvalla

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Directly under the Holy See

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Indian bishops serving abroad

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Diocesan bishops and equivalent

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Apostolic nuncios and papal representatives

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Roman curia Vatican City

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Retired

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Apostolic nuncio Vatican City

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Indian cardinals

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Electors
To be created on 8 December 2024

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ This summary does not include the Indian bishops serving abroad and the Nuncio. It was last updated on 9 November 2024.
  2. ^ The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies.

References

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