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 4 Indian cardinals, 3 of whom are electors. 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[]

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

  • Major archbishops: 2
  • Titular patriarch: 1
  • Metropolitan archbishops: 25
  • Archbishop-bishops: 2
  • Major archiepiscopal vicar: 1
  • Bishops: 119
  • Bishop of curia: 1
  • Auxiliary bishops: 15
  • Archbishops/bishop-elect: 2
  • Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 79
Total: 247
  • Cardinal electors: 3
  • Cardinal non-electors: 1
  • Vacant sees: 23

Latin Catholic Provinces[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Agra[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop Cardinal Oswald Gracias of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bombay
    • Bishop Mar Thomas Elavanal, MCBS of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kalyan
    • Bishop of the Diocese of Nashik
    • Bishop of the Diocese of Poona
    • Archbishop ad personam Felix Anthony Machado of the Diocese of Vasai

Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop Patriarch Filipe Neri Ferrao of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman[note 2]
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus Patriarch Raul Nicolau Gonçalves of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
    • Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto of the Diocese of Sindhudurg

Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus Thumma Bala of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad
    • Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden of the Diocese of Adilabad
    • Bishop emeritus , CMI of the Diocese of Adilabad
    • Bishop , apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Cuddapah, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Guntur
    • Bishop emeritus Prasad Gallela of the Diocese of Cuddapah
    • Bishop of the Diocese of Khammam
    • (vacant) Diocese of Kurnool (administered by diocesan administrator)
    • Bishop emeritus Mathew Cheriankunnel, PIME of the Diocese of Kurnool
    • (vacant) Diocese of Nalgonda
    • Bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Nalgonda
    • Bishop Udumala Bala Show Reddy of the Diocese of Warangal

Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Patna[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly[]

Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
    • Bishop of the Diocese of Eluru
    • Bishop of the Diocese of Guntur
    • Bishop Doraboina Moses Prakasam of the Diocese of Nellore
    • Bishop , PIME of the Diocese of Srikakulam
    • Bishop emeritus Innayya Chinna Addagatla of the Diocese of Srikakulam
    • Bishop , SMM of the Diocese of Vijayawada

Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces[]

Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly[]

  • Major Archbishop Cardinal George Alencherry of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Archbishop ad personam , CMI, major archiepiscopal vicar of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Auxiliary Bishop emeritus Thomas Chakiath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Bishop of the Curia of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Idukki
    • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam
    • Bishop emeritus of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam
    • Bishop emeritus , CMI, Apostolic Visitor emeritus, Bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Bijnor

Province of Changanassery[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Perumthottam of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus Joseph Powathil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
    • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
    • Bishop emeritus Mathew Arackal of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
    • Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
    • Bishop emeritus of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
    • Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, SDB of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay

Province of Tellicherry[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus George Njaralakatt of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
    • Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady
    • Bishop , MCBS of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi
    • Bishop Jose Porunnedom of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
    • Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery
    • Bishop Sebastian Adayanthrath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya

Province of Thrissur[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus Jacob Thoomkuzhy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
    • Auxiliary Bishop Tony Neelankavil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
    • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda
    • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat
    • Bishop emeritus Jacob Manathodath of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat
    • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram

Archdiocese of Kottayam[]

  • Metropolitan Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
    • Auxiliary Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
    • Auxiliary Bishop (born George Kurisummoottil) of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam

Directly under the Holy See[]

  • Archbishop ad personam Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad
  • Auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad
  • Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Hosur
  • Bishop Raphael Thattil of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad

Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces[]

Province of Trivandrum[]

Province of Tiruvalla[]

Directly under the Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church[]

Directly under the Holy See[]

  • (vacant) Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (administered by apostolic administrator)

Indian bishops serving abroad[]

Diocesan bishops and equivalent[]

  • Archbishop Alex Thomas Kalayanil, SVD of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
  • Bishop Mar Jacob Angadiath of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago, USA United States
  • Auxiliary Bishop Joy Alappat of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Chicago, USA United States
  • Bishop Mar Bosco Puthur of the St. Thomas the Apostle Syro-Malabar Diocese of Melbourne, Australia Australia
  • Bishop Philippos Stephanos Thottathil, Apostolic Exarch of the Syro-Malankara Exarchate of the USA United States
  • Bishop , MEP of the Diocese of Port-Bergé, Madagascar Madagascar
  • Bishop , Apostolic Exarch of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Mississauga Canada
  • Bishop Joseph Srampickal (born Benny Mathew) of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Great Britain United Kingdom
  • Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, CM, Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte, Ethiopia Ethiopia
  • Bishop Paul Simick, Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Nepal Nepal
  • Bishop , Apostolic Visitor for the Syro-Malabar faithful in Europe Europe
  • Bishop Rozario Menezes, SMM of the Diocese of Lae, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  • Bishop Siby Mathew Peedikayil, of the Diocese of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
  • Bishop , SVD of the Diocese of Francistown, Botswana Botswana

Apostolic nuncios and papal representatives[]

Retired[]

Apostolic nuncio Vatican City[]

  • Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli Italy, Apostolic Nuncio to India

Indian cardinals[]

Electors
  • Cardinal Mar George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly and Head of the Syro-Malabar Church, age 76
  • Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (Latin rite), age 77
  • Cardinal Mor Baselios Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum and Head of the Malankara Catholic Church, age 62
Non-elector
  • Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (Latin rite), age 82

See also[]

  • List of Roman Catholic dioceses in India
  • List of cathedrals in India
  • Territories of Roman Catholic dioceses in India
  • Catholic Bishops Conference of India

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ This summary does not include the Indian bishops serving abroad and the Nuncio. It was last updated on 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also carries the title of the Patriarch of the East Indies.

References[]

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