List of Catholic bishops of India

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The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by

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: 27
  • Archbishop-bishop: 1
  • Bishops: 133
  • Bishops of curia: 2
  • Coadjutor bishop: 1
  • Auxiliary bishops: 20
  • Bishops-elect: 5
  • Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 89
Total: 281
  • Cardinals: 6
    • Electors: 5
    • Non-elector: 1
  • Vacant sees: 8
    • Apostolic administrators: 4
    • Major archiepiscopal administrator: 1
    • Diocesan administrators: 2

Latin Catholic Provinces

Ecclesiastical Province of Agra

Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore

Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal

Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay

Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta

Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi

Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar

Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman

Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati

Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad

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

Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly

  • Major Archbishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Bishop
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Archbishop
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Major Archbishop emeritus Cardinal
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Archbishop ad personam
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
    • Auxiliary Bishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
  • Archbishop ad personam Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Diocese of Hosur
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Idukki
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam
    • Bishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam
    • Bishop emeritus
      Diocese of Bijnor
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad
    • Auxiliary bishop
      Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad
    • Auxiliary Bishop
      Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad

Province of Changanassery

  • Metropolitan Archbishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
    • Metropolitan archbishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
    • Bishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
    • Bishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
    • Auxiliary Bishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay

Province of Tellicherry

  • Metropolitan Archbishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
    • Auxiliary Bishop
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya

Province of Thrissur

  • Metropolitan Archbishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
    • Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
    • Auxiliary Bishop
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat
    • Bishop emeritus
      Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat
  • Bishop
    Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram

Archdiocese of Kottayam

Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces

Province of Trivandrum

Province of Tiruvalla

Directly under the Holy See

  • Bishop
    Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon

Indian bishops serving abroad

Diocesan bishops and equivalent

Apostolic nuncios and papal representatives

Roman curia Vatican City

Retired

  • Archbishop
    Apostolic Nuncio to India

Indian cardinals

Electors
Non-elector

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 8 March 2025.
  2. Patriarch of the East Indies
    .

References