Territories of Catholic dioceses in India
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This article gives a list of the territories of the dioceses of the Catholic Church in India.
Each diocese is administered by a bishop. Dioceses are further grouped into ecclesiastical provinces. The most important diocese of the province is the archdiocese and the bishop of this diocese is an archbishop. While they each usually consist of a few Indian civil districts, dioceses can range in size from just a portion of a district to spanning entire states. The civil district should not be confused with ecclesiastical district or deanery, which is another type of subdivision of a diocese.
All Catholics in India are under the authority of the respective Syro-Malankara, Syro-Malabar or Latin bishop. Only in the Syro-Malabar dioceses of Adilabad, Bijnor, Chanda, Gorakhpur, Jagdalpur, Rajkot, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain, the authority of the Syro-Malabar bishop is over both, Syro-Malabar and Latin rite Catholics.
In the following, the names listed after the name of the state or union territory are the names of civil districts, unless otherwise mentioned. Some newly-created districts may be missing from this list.
Latin Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Agra
- Archdiocese of Agra
- Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Auraiya, Budaun, Bulandshahr, Etah, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Firozabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Hathras, Kannauj, Kasganj, Mainpuri and Mathura
- Rajasthan: Bharatpur and Dholpur
- Diocese of Allahabad
- Diocese of Bareilly
- Diocese of Bijnor
- Uttar Pradesh: Bijnor (except Dhampur division)
- Uttarakhand: Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and a portion of Haridwar
- Diocese of Jaipur
- Rajasthan: Jaipur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa, Alwar, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Bikaner, Nagaur, Churu, Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar
- Diocese of Lucknow
- Diocese of Meerut
- Uttar Pradesh: Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Ghaziabad, Baghpat and the Tehsil of Dhampur of Bijnor
- Uttarakhand: Dehradun and Haridwar
- Diocese of Udaipur
- Rajasthan: Udaipur, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh and Banswara
- Madhya Pradesh: Tehsil of Thandla (Jhabua district)
Province of Bangalore
- Archdiocese of Bangalore
- Diocese of Belgaum
- Karnataka: Belgaum, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri
- Maharashtra: Chandgad taluka in Kolhapur District
- Diocese of Mangalore
- Karnataka: Dakshina Kannada (South Canara)
- Kerala: Kasargod and Manjeshwaram talukas of Kasargod
Province of Bhopal
- Diocese of Gwalior
- Diocese of Indore
- Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Dewas and Dhar except the Tehshil of Sardarpur
- Diocese of Jabalpur
- Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur, Damoh, Mandla, Shahdol, Narsinghpur, Dindori, Umaria, Katni, Anuppur and the Tahsil of Lakhnadon in Seoni district
- Diocese of Jhabua
- Madhya Pradesh: Jhabua, Alirajpur, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch and Sardarpur Tehsil of Dhar district
- Diocese of Satna
- Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur, Niwari, Rewa, Panna, Satna, Sidhi, Tikamgarh and Singrauli
Province of Bombay
- Archdiocese of Bombay
- Maharashtra: Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Raigad and Thane except Bhiwandi and Shahapur talukas
- Syro-Malabar Diocese of Kalyan
- Maharashtra: Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Raigad, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Nasik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Ahmednagar
- Diocese of Nashik
- Maharashtra: Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Ahmednagar
- Diocese of Poona
- Diocese of Vasai
- Maharashtra: Palghar district and Bhiwandi and Shahapur talukas of Thane
Province of Calcutta
- Archdiocese of Calcutta
- West Bengal: Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and West Midnapore and parts of Bankura.
- Diocese of Asansol
- West Bengal: Burdwan district, nine blocks of Bankura district and 10 blocks of Birbhum district
- Diocese of Bagdogra
- West Bengal: One sub-division (Siliguri) and part of another (Kurseong) among the four sub-divisions of Darjeeling district
- Diocese of Baruipur
- West Bengal: South 24 Parganas district, small parts of Kolkata and of North 24 Parganas district
- Diocese of Darjeeling
- West Bengal: Three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling district: Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong
- Sikkim: Entire state
- Kingdom of Bhutan: Entire country
- Diocese of Jalpaiguri
- Diocese of Krishnagar
- West Bengal: Nadia and Murshidabad
- Diocese of Raiganj
Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Diocese of Rayagada
- Orissa: Nuapada, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri and Kalahandi
- Diocese of Rourkela
Province of Delhi
- Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar
- Jammu and Kashmir: Entire union territory
- Ladakh: Entire union territory
- Diocese of Jalandhar
- Punjab: Amritsar, Faridkot, Ferozepore, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar, Nawanshahar, Tarn Taran and Pathankot districts and Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Ropar district
- Himachal Pradesh: Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra and Una
- Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh
- Himachal Pradesh: Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, Kullu, Mandi, Bilaspur, Shimla, Solan and Sirmour
- Haryana: Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Kaithal, Jind, Hissar, Bhiwani, Fatehabad and Sirsa
- Punjab: Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa, Bhatinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Barnala and Ropar
- Chandigarh: Entire union territory
Province of Gandhinagar
- Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
- Gujarat: Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Aravalli and Sabarkantha
- Diocese of Ahmedabad
- Diocese of Baroda
Province of Goa and Daman
- Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
- Goa: Entire state
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Entire union territory
- Diocese of Sindhudurg
- Maharashtra: Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts and Kolhapur district (except the city of Kolhapur)
Province of Guwahati
- Diocese of Itanagar
- Diocese of Miao
- Diocese of Tezpur
- Assam: Darrang, Udalguri, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji on the North bank of the Brahmaputra; Rupahihat, Kaliabor and Samuguri Subdivisions of Nagaon on the Southern Bank of Brahmaputra
Province of Hyderabad
- Diocese of Adilabad
- Diocese of Cuddapah
- Diocese of Khammam
- Diocese of Kurnool
- Diocese of Nalgonda
- Diocese of Warangal
- Telangana: Warangal and Karimnagar
Province of Imphal
- Archdiocese of Imphal
- Manipur: entire state
- Diocese of Kohima
- Nagaland: Entire state
Province of Madras and Mylapore
- Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore
- Diocese of Chingleput
- Tamil Nadu: Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu and smaller parts of City of Chennai and Viluppuram.
- Diocese of Coimbatore
- Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Karur
- Kerala: A small portion of Chittur taluk of Palakkad
- Diocese of Ootacamund
- Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris, parts of Erode and a small portion of Coimbatore district which lies north of the River Bhavani
- Diocese of Vellore
- Tamil Nadu: Vellore, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai and Arakkonam taluk of Tiruvallur
Province of Madurai
- Archdiocese of Madurai
- Tamil Nadu: Madurai, Virudhunagar, Theni and four taluks - Nilakkottai, Kodaikanal, Batlagundu, Natham and four parishes in Dindigul taluk of Dindigul district
- Diocese of Dindigul
- Tamil Nadu: remaining parts of Dindigul district
- Diocese of Kottar
- Tamil Nadu: taluks of Thovalai, Agasteeswaram (minus the parish of Azhagappapuram, Rajakrishanapuram and Anjugramam) and Small portion Coastal Area of Vilavancode taluk of Kanyakumari district
- Diocese of Kuzhithurai
- Tamil Nadu: taluks of Kalkulam and Vilavancode (minus seven villages along the coast belonging to the archdiocese of Trivandrum) of Kanyakumari district
- Diocese of Palayamkottai
- Tamil Nadu: Ambai and Tirunelveli taluks of Tirunelveli district, full area of Tenkasi district, Kovilpatti and Kayathar taluks of Tuticorin district
- Diocese of Sivagangai
- Tamil Nadu: Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai district.
- Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
- Tamil Nadu: Southern Parts of Trichy City and Tiruchirapalli district and Northan parts of Pudukottai district and Small part of Karur district
- Diocese of Tuticorin
- Tamil Nadu: Tuticorin district (Except Kovilpatti and Kayathar taluk), Nanguneri and Radhapuram taluks of Tirunelveli district and three parishes from Agasteeswaram taluk of Kanyakumari district
Province of Nagpur
- Archdiocese of Nagpur
- Maharashtra: Nagpur, Gondia and Bhandara
- Madhya Pradesh: Betul, Chhindwara, Seoni (except the tehsil of Lakhnadon) and Balaghat
- Diocese of Amravati
- Diocese of Aurangabad
- Maharashtra: Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Nanded, Latur, Bhir, Hingoli and Osmanabad
Province of Patna
- Archdiocese of Patna
- Bihar: Aurangabad, Patna, Nalanda, Nawada, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Arwal, Gaya, Jehanabad, parts of Jamui and Munger
- Diocese of Bettiah
- Bihar: West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Saran and Siwan
- Diocese of Bhagalpur
- Diocese of Buxar
Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
- Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
- Puducherry: Pondicherry and Karaikal
- Tamil Nadu: Taluks of Cuddalore, Panruti, Vridhachalam, Tittagudi and Chidambaram (exclusive of area south of the Vellar River) of the South Arcot, and the Villupuram, Gingee, Tindivanam, Vanur, Tirukkovilur, Ulundurpet, Kallakurichi and Sankarapuram taluks of Villupuram
- Diocese of Dharmapuri
- Diocese of Kumbakonam
- Tamil Nadu: 12 taluks from 5 districts of Tiruchirapalli, Thanjavur, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Thiruvarur, Cuddalore district, a small portion of Thiruvannamalai and North part of Trichy City
- Diocese of Salem
- Tamil Nadu: Salem and Namakkal
- Diocese of Tanjore
- Tamil Nadu: Thanjavur(except for the two taluks Papanasam and Kumbakonam in Thanjavur), Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai and six taluks of Pudukottai.
Province of Raipur
- Archdiocese of Raipur
- Chhattisgarh: Raipur, Bilaspur, Mahasamund, Durg, Dhamtari, Korba, Janjgir, Kawardha, Bemetara, Balod, Baloda Bazar, Gariyaband, Mungeli and Rajnandgaon
- Diocese of Ambikapur
- Chhattisgarh: Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur and Korea
- Diocese of Jagdalpur
- Chhattisgarh: Bastar, Kanker, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Kondagaon and Sukma
- Diocese of Jashpur
Province of Ranchi
- Archdiocese of Ranchi
- Diocese of Daltonganj
- Diocese of Dumka
- Diocese of Gumla
- Diocese of Hazaribag
- Jharkhand: Chatra, Hazaribag, Ramgarh, Koderma and Bokaro excluding, the Chandankiyari block of Bokaro district together with that portion of Chas block which lies to the east of National Highway 32
- Diocese of Jamshedpur
- Jharkhand: East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum (excluding the parish of Bandgoan), Seraikela Kharsawan, Dhanbad, a portion of Bokaro district (namely the Chandankiyari block and the Chas block which lie East of National Highway 32)
- West Bengal: Purulia
- Diocese of Khunti
- Diocese of Port Blair
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Entire union territory
- Diocese of Simdega
Province of Shillong
- Archdiocese of Shillong
- Diocese of Agartala
- Tripura:Entire state
- Diocese of Aizawl
- Assam: Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj
- Mizoram: Entire state
- Diocese of Jowai
- Meghalaya: Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills (Khliehriat)
- Diocese of Nongstoin
- Meghalaya: West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills (Mawkyrwat)
- Diocese of Tura
- Meghalaya: East Garo Hills, North Garo Hills, South Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, South West Garo Hills (Ampati) and the part of Goalpara district south of Brahmaputra River
Province of Thiruvananthapuram
- Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram
- Kerala: Trivandrum and Chirayinkil taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district with a small strip of coastal belt from Kovalam to Pozhiyoor in Neyyattinkara taluk
- Tamil Nadu: Neerody to Erayumanthurai of Kanyakumari district
- Diocese of Alleppey
- Diocese of Neyyattinkara
- Kerala: Neyyattinkara and Nedumangad taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district
- Diocese of Punalur
- Kerala: Pathanamthitta district, Chengannur and Mavelikara talukas of Alappuzha district, Kottarakara, Kunnathur, Pathanapuram and Karunagappally talukas of Kollam district
- Diocese of Quilon
- Kerala: Kollam district, the taluk of Karthikapally, portions of the taluks of Mavelikara and Chengannur which lie south of the river Pamba, in Alappuzha district
Province of Verapoly
- Diocese of Cochin
- Kerala: The territory of the Diocese of Cochin is situated between the Arabian Sea in the west, the Archdiocese of Verapoly in the north and in the east, and the Diocese of Alleppey in the south
- Diocese of Kannur
- Kerala: Kannur (to the north of Mahé River, excluding the territory of the municipality of Mahe) and Kasargod (south of the Chandragiri river)
- Diocese of Kottapuram
- Diocese of Sultanpet
- Diocese of Vijayapuram
Province of Visakhapatnam
- Diocese of Eluru
- Andhra Pradesh: West Godavari and the Mandals of Amalapuram, Kothapeta, Rajole and Mummidivaram of East Godavari
- Diocese of Guntur
- Andhra Pradesh: Guntur district, Addanki Taluk of Prakasam district
- Diocese of Nellore
- Andhra Pradesh: Nellore and Prakasam except Adoni taluk
- Diocese of Srikakulam
- Andhra Pradesh: Srikakulam and taluks of Kurupam, Parvathipuram, Cheepurupalli and Gummalakshmipuram of Vizianagaram
- Diocese of Vijayawada
Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Eranakulam-Angamaly
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Idukki
- Kerala: Devikulam taluk and parts of Idukki and Udumbanchola taluks of Idukki
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam
- Kerala: Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha taluks of Ernakulam and Thodupuzha taluk of Idukki
- Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad
- Delhi, Chandigarh, Ladakh: Entire union territories
- Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir: Entire states
- Uttar Pradesh: Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad
- Syro-Malabar Diocese of Shamshabad
- Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal: Entire states
- Chhattisgarh: Entire state except the diocese of Jagdalpur
- Gujarat: Entire state except the diocese of Rajkot
- Karnataka: Entire state except the dioceses of Belthangady, Bhadravathi, and Mandya
- Maharashtra: Entire state except the dioceses of Kalyan and Chanda
- Madhya Pradesh: Entire state except the dioceses of Sagar, Satna and Ujjain
- Telangana: Entire state except the diocese of Adilabad
- Uttar Pradesh: Entire state except the dioceses of Bijnor and Gorakhpur
- Uttarakhand : Entire state except the diocese of Bijnor
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep: Entire union territories
Province of Changanassery
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
- Kerala: Kottayam, Pathanamthitta districts and Peermade taluk of Idukki
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
Province of Tellicherry
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi
- Karnataka: Shimoga and Chikmagalore
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
Province of Thrissur
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
- Kerala: Trichur district from Karuvannur River in the south till Bharathapuzha River in Malappuram in the north
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda
- Kerala: Southern part of Thrissur, between the Karuvannur River in the north and the Chalakudy River in the south
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat
Archdiocese of Kottayam
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Kottayam
- The jurisdiction of the Bishop of Kottayam is over all Knanaya Catholics (Suddhists) of the territory of the Syro Malabar Church
Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Trivandrum
- Syro-Malankara Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum
- Kerala: Trivandrum except for the ecclesiastical districts of Parassala, Neyyattinkara and Kattakada, and parts of Kollam, Allapuzha and Pathanamthitta
- Tamil Nadu: some parts of Nagorkoil in Kanyakumari
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Marthandom
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Mavelikara
- Kerala: Alapuzha except for the portions that belong to the Archdiocese of Tiruvalla and parts of Kollam and Pathanamthitta
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Parassala
- Kerala: Ecclesiastical districts of Parassala, Neyyattinkara and Kattakada and two parishes in the ecclesiastical district of Thiruvananthapuram in Thiruvananthapuram district
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Pathanamthitta
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki
- Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: Entire states
- Karnataka: Bagalkote, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur and Yadagiri
- Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Kallakurichi, Chengalpattu, Tirupattur, Ranipet, Salem, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri
Province of Tiruvalla
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
- Kerala: Kottayam, Idukki and part of Pathanamthitta
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Muvattupuzha
- Kerala: Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad
- Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery
Directly under the Holy See
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon
- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal: Entire states
- Delhi, Chandigarh, Ladakh: Entire union territories
See also
- Catholic Church in India
- List of Catholic dioceses in India
- List of districts of India
- List of cathedrals in India
- List of Catholic bishops of India