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 Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

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

Province of Agra

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Province of Bangalore

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Province of Bhopal

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Province of Bombay

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Province of Calcutta

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Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

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Province of Delhi

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Province of Gandhinagar

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Province of Goa and Daman

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Province of Guwahati

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Province of Hyderabad

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Province of Imphal

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Province of Madras and Mylapore

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Province of Madurai

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Province of Nagpur

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Province of Patna

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Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore

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Province of Raipur

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Province of Ranchi

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Province of Shillong

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Province of Trivandrum

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Province of Verapoly

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Province of Visakhapatnam

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Syro-Malabar Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

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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.

Dioceses of the Syro-Malabar Church in India

Province of Ernakulam - Angamaly

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Ecclesiastical Territory of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Shamshabad

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 Catholic Ecclesiastical Provinces

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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.

Indian dioceses of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Province of Trivandrum

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Province of Tiruvalla

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Directly under the Holy See

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See also

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Notes

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

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