Territories of Catholic dioceses in India
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
Province of Bangalore
Province of Bhopal
Province of Bombay
Archdiocese of Bombay | Maharashtra: Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Raigad and Thane except Bhiwandi and Shahapur talukas |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Bombay in India |
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 |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Nashik in India |
Diocese of Poona | Maharashtra: Pune, Sangli, Satara and Solapur and the parish of Kolhapur | |
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. |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Calcutta in India |
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 | |
Diocese of Jalpaiguri | West Bengal: Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar | |
Diocese of Krishnagar | West Bengal: Nadia and Murshidabad | |
Diocese of Raiganj | West Bengal: North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Malda |
Province of Calicut
Archdiocese of Calicut | Kerala: Malappuram, Calicut and Wayanad Puducherry: Mahe |
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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 Sultanpet | Kerala: Palakkad |
Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar | Orissa: Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Phulbani (Kandhamal), Boudh, Nayagarh and Puri |
Map of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar |
Diocese of Balasore | Orissa: Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar |
Map of the Diocese of Balasore |
Diocese of Berhampur | Orissa: Ganjam and Gajapati |
Map of the Diocese of Berhampur |
Diocese of Rayagada | Orissa: Nuapada, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri and Kalahandi |
Map of the Diocese of Rayagada |
Diocese of Rourkela | Orissa: Sundergarh | |
Diocese of Sambalpur | Orissa: Sambalpur, Anugul, Bargarh, Balangir, Debagarh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Sonapur |
Map of the Diocese of Sambalpur |
Province of Delhi
Archdiocese of Delhi | Delhi: Entire National Capital Territory |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Delhi in India |
Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar | Jammu and Kashmir: Entire union territory
Ladakh: Entire union territory |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar in India |
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 |
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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 |
Province of Gandhinagar
Archdiocese of Gandhinagar | Gujarat: Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Aravalli and Sabarkantha |
Map of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar |
Diocese of Ahmedabad | Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Anand and Nadiad | |
Diocese of Baroda | Gujarat: Bharuch, Dahod, Dangs, Godhra, Narmada, Navsari, Surat, Tapi, Vadodara and Valsad | |
Diocese of Rajkot | Gujarat: Amreli, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar and Kutchch |
Map of the Diocese of Rajkot |
Province of Goa and Daman
Archdiocese of Goa and Daman | Goa: Entire state Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Entire union territory |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in India |
Diocese of Sindhudurg | Maharashtra: Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts and Kolhapur district (except the city of Kolhapur) |
Province of Guwahati
Archdiocese of Guwahati | Assam: Nagaon, Morigaon, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan and Goalpara | |
Diocese of Bongaigaon | Assam: Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa and Dhubri | |
Diocese of Dibrugarh | Assam: Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat and Golaghat | |
Diocese of Diphu | Assam: Karbi Anglong, North Cachar Hills | |
Diocese of Itanagar | Arunachal Pradesh: Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Upper Subansiri, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, West Siang, East Siang and Upper Siang |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Itanagar in India |
Diocese of Miao | Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang, Upper Dibang valley, Lower Dibang valley, Anjaw, Lohit and Tirap | |
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
Archdiocese of Hyderabad | Telangana: Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak and Nizamabad | |
Diocese of Adilabad | Telangana: Adilabad |
Map of the Diocese of Adilabad |
Diocese of Cuddapah | Andhra Pradesh: Cuddapah and Chittoor | |
Diocese of Khammam | Telangana: Khammam | |
Diocese of Kurnool | Andhra Pradesh: Kurnool and Anantpur | |
Diocese of Nalgonda | Telangana: Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar | |
Diocese of Warangal | Telangana: Warangal and Karimnagar |
Province of Imphal
Archdiocese of Imphal | Manipur: entire state |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Imphal in India |
Diocese of Kohima | Nagaland: Entire state |
Province of Madras and Mylapore
Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore | Tamil Nadu: City of Chennai and Thiruvallur | |
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 |
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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
Province of Nagpur
Archdiocese of Nagpur |
Maharashtra: Nagpur, Gondia and Bhandara |
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Diocese of Amravati | ||
Diocese of Aurangabad |
Maharashtra: Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani, Nanded, Latur, Bhir, Hingoli and Osmanabad |
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Diocese of Chanda |
Map of the Diocese of Chanda |
Province of Patna
Archdiocese of Patna |
Bihar: Aurangabad, Patna, Nalanda, Nawada, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Arwal, Gaya, Jehanabad, parts of Jamui and Munger |
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Diocese of Bettiah |
Bihar: West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Saran and Siwan |
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Diocese of Bhagalpur |
Bihar: Bhagalpur, Banka, Jamui, and parts of Munger |
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Diocese of Buxar | ||
Diocese of Muzaffarpur |
Bihar: Vaishali, Samastipur, Sitamarhi, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Saharsa, Begusarai, Muzaffarpur, Khagaria, Sheohar, Madhepura and Supaul |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Muzaffarpur in India |
Diocese of Purnea |
Bihar: Purnea, Katihar, Kishanganj and Araria |
Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore |
Puducherry: Pondicherry and Karaikal |
Map of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore |
Diocese of Dharmapuri |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Dharmapuri in India | |
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 |
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Diocese of Salem |
Tamil Nadu: Salem and Namakkal |
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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 |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Raipur in India |
Diocese of Ambikapur |
Chhattisgarh: Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur and Korea |
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Diocese of Jagdalpur |
Chhattisgarh: Bastar, Kanker, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Kondagaon and Sukma |
Map of the Diocese of Jagdalpur |
Diocese of Jashpur | ||
Diocese of Raigarh |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Raigarh in India |
Province of Ranchi
Archdiocese of Ranchi |
Map showing the location of the Archdiocese of Ranchi in India | |
Diocese of Daltonganj | ||
Diocese of Dumka |
Jharkhand: Dumka, Sahibganj, Pakur, Jamtara and Madhupur subdivision of Deoghar West Bengal: Rampurhat sub-division of Birbhum |
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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 |
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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 |
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Diocese of Khunti | ||
Diocese of Port Blair |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Entire union territory |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Port Blair in India |
Diocese of Simdega |
Province of Shillong
Archdiocese of Shillong | Meghalaya: East Khasi Hills and Ri Bhoi |
Map of the Archdiocese of Shillong |
Diocese of Agartala | Tripura: Entire state | |
Diocese of Aizawl | Assam: Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj Mizoram: Entire state |
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Diocese of Jowai | Meghalaya: Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills (Khliehriat) |
Map of the Diocese of Jowai |
Diocese of Nongstoin | Meghalaya: West Khasi Hills, South West Khasi Hills (Mawkyrwat) |
Map of the Diocese of Nongstoin |
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 |
Map of the Diocese of Tura |
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 |
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Diocese of Alleppey | ||
Diocese of Neyyattinkara |
Kerala: Neyyattinkara and Nedumangad taluks of Thiruvananthapuram district |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Neyyattinkara in India |
Diocese of Punalur |
Kerala: Pathanamthitta district, Chengannur and Mavelikara talukas of Alappuzha district, Kottarakara, Kunnathur, Pathanapuram and Karunagappally talukas of Kollam district |
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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 | Areas Covered | Map |
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Archdiocese 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 east, and the Diocese of Alleppey in the south |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Cochin in India |
Diocese of Kottapuram |
Kerala: Spread across Ernakulam, Trichur, Malapuram and Palakkad |
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Diocese of Vijayapuram |
Kerala: Kottayam, Idukki and partial portions of Alleppey, Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta |
Province of Visakhapatnam
Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam |
Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, and part of Vizianagaram |
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Diocese of Eluru |
Andhra Pradesh: West Godavari and the Mandals of Amalapuram, Kothapeta, Rajole, and Mummidivaram of East Godavari |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Eluru in India |
Diocese of Guntur |
Andhra Pradesh: Guntur district and Addanki Taluk of Prakasam district |
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Diocese of Nellore |
Andhra Pradesh: Nellore and Prakasam except Adoni taluk |
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Diocese of Srikakulam |
Andhra Pradesh: Srikakulam and the taluks of Kurupam, Parvathipuram, Cheepurupalli, and Gummalakshmipuram of Vizianagaram |
Map showing the location of the Diocese of Srikakulam in India |
Diocese of Vijayawada |
Map of the Diocese of Vijayawada |
Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly
Province of Changanassery
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery |
Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam |
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Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally |
Kerala: Kottayam, Pathanamthitta districts and Peermade taluk of Idukki |
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Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai |
Kerala: Meenachil taluk of Kottayam and few villages of the neighboring taluks in Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki |
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Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay |
Tamil Nadu: Kanyakumari, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar |
Map of the Eparchy of Thuckalay |
Province of Tellicherry
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry |
Map of the diocese of Tellicherry | |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady |
Karnataka: Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi |
Map of the Eparchy of Belthangady |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi |
Karnataka: Shimoga and Chikmagalore |
Map of the Eparchy of Bhadravathi |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady | ||
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya |
Karnataka: Mandya, Hassan, Mysore, Chamarajnagar, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Chickballapur, Kolar, Tumkur and Ramnagara |
Map of the Eparchy of Mandya |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery |
Kerala: Calicut and Malappuram |
Map of the Eparchy of Thamarassery |
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 |
Map of the Archdiocese of Thrissur |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram |
Tamil Nadu: Ariyalur, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Karur, Nagapattinam, Namakkal, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur and Tiruvarur |
Map of the Eparchy 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 |
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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
Province of Tiruvalla
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