Territories of Roman Catholic dioceses in India
This page gives a list of the territories of the dioceses of the Catholic Church in India.
Each diocese is made up of a few Indian civil districts and 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. The civil district should not be confused with ecclesiastical district or deanery, which is another type of subdivision of a diocese.
All Syro-Malankara Catholics in India are under the authority of the Syro-Malankara bishops. In the Archeparchies and Eparchies within the Syro-Malabar canonical territory and in the Eparchies of Kalyan and Faridabad, the authority of the respective bishops is over the respective rites only. The Syro-Malankara, Syro-Malabar and Latin Catholics of these areas are under the respective Syro-Malankara, Syro-Malabar or Latin bishop. On the other hand, in all other Syro-Malabar dioceses (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 a similar pattern, both, Syro-Malabar and Latin rite Catholics living in all other areas are under the local Latin bishop.
In the following, the names listed after the name of the state or union territory are the names of civil districts, unless otherwise mentioned.
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 Ajmer
- 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 Gorakhpur
- Diocese of Jaipur
- Rajasthan: Jaipur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Dausa, Alwar, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Bikaner, Nagaur, Churu, Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar
- Diocese of Jhansi
- Uttar Pradesh: Jhansi, Lalitpur, Jalaun, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur and Mahoba
- 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)
- Diocese of Varanasi
Province of Bangalore
- Archdiocese of Bangalore
- Diocese of Belgaum
- Karnataka: Belgaum, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri
- Maharashtra: Chandgad taluka in Kolhapur District
- Diocese of Bellary
- Diocese of Chikmagalur
- Karnataka: Chikmagalur and Hassan
- Diocese of Gulbarga
- Diocese of Karwar
- Diocese of Mangalore
- Karnataka: Dakshina Kannada (South Canara)
- Kerala: One taluka of Kasargod
- Diocese of Mysore
- Karnataka: Mysore, Mandya, Coorg and Chamarajanagar
- Diocese of Shimoga
- Karnataka: Shimoga, Chitradurga and Davangere
- Diocese of Udupi
Province of Bhopal
- Archdiocese of Bhopal
- Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Harda, Hoshangabad and Sehore
- 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 Khandwa
- Diocese of Sagar
- Madhya Pradesh: Sagar, Raisen, Vidisha, Ashoknagar and Guna
- Diocese of Satna
- Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur, Rewa, Panna, Satna, Sidhi, Tikamgarh and Singrauli
- Diocese of Ujjain
- Madhya Pradesh: Ujjain, Shajapur and Rajgarh
Province of Bombay
- Archdiocese of Bombay
- Syro-Malabar Diocese of Kalyan
- Maharashtra: Greater Bombay, Thane, Raigad, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Nasik, Dhule, Jalgon, Nandurbar and Ahmednagar
- Diocese of Nashik
- Maharashtra: Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nandurbar and Ahmednagar
- Diocese of Poona
- Diocese of Vasai
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
- Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
- Diocese of Balasore
- Orissa: Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar
- Diocese of Berhampur
- Diocese of Rayagada
- Orissa: Nuapada, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangapur, Malkangiri and Kalahandi
- Diocese of Rourkela
- Diocese of Sambalpur
Province of Delhi
- Archdiocese of Delhi
- Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar
- Jammu and Kashmir: Entire state
- 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 and Sabarkantha
- Diocese of Ahmedabad
- Diocese of Baroda
- Diocese of Rajkot
Province of Goa and Daman
- Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
- Goa: Entire state
- Daman and Diu: Entire union territory
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Entire union territory
- Diocese of Sindhudurg
- Maharashtra: Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts and Kolhapur district (except the city of Kolhapur)
Province of Guwahati
- Archdiocese of Guwahati
- Diocese of Bongaigaon
- Diocese of Dibrugarh
- Diocese of Diphu
- 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
- Archdiocese of Hyderabad
- Telangana: Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak and Nizamabad
- Diocese of Adilabad
- Diocese of Cuddapah
- Diocese of Khamman
- 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
- Diocese of Coimbatore
- Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode, Karur and a part of Trichy
- 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
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
- Diocese of Kottar
- Tamil Nadu: taluks of Thovalai and Agasteeswaram (minus the parish of Azhagappapuram) 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: Tirunelveli and one taluk of Tuticorin
- Diocese of Sivagangai
- Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
- Tamil Nadu: Tiruchirapalli and parts of Pudukottai and Karur
- Diocese of Tuticorin
- Tamil Nadu: Tuticorin and parts of Tirunelveli
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
- Diocese of Chanda
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
- Diocese of Muzaffarpur
- Diocese of Purnea
- Bihar: Purnea, Katihar, Kishanganj and Araria
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 and a small portion of South Arcot
- Diocese of Salem
- Tamil Nadu: Salem and Namakkal
- Diocese of Tanjore
- Tamil Nadu: Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam (except for the two taluks Papanasam and Kumbakonam in Thanjavur) and six taluks of Pudukottai and two taluks of Cuddalore
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
- Diocese of Raigarh
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 Eramainthura 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
- Archdiocese or Verapoly
- Diocese of Calicut
- Kerala: Malappuram, Calicut and Wayanad
- Puducherry: Mahe
- 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
- Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam
- Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and part of Vizianagaram
- 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
- Kerala: almost the whole of Ernakulam, parts of Thrissur, Kottayam and Alleppey
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Idukki
- Kerala: Idukki
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kothamangalam
- Kerala: taluks of Kothamangalam, Devikulam, Kunnathunad, Udumbanchola and Thodupuzha
Province of Changanassery
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
- Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Kottayam
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Kanjirappally
- Kerala: Kottayam, Idukki and Pathanamthitta
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palai
- Kerala: Meenachil Taluk and few villages of the neighboring Taluks in Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thuckalay
- Tamil Nadu: Kanyakumari and the taluk of Shenkottai in Tiruneveli
Province of Tellicherry
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Tellicherry
- Kerala: Kannur and Kasargode
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Belthangady
- Karnataka: Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Bhadravathi
- Karnataka: Shimoga
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady
- Kerala: Wayanad and parts of Malapuram and Kannur
- Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris
- Karnataka: Chikmagalore
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mandya
- Karnataka: Mandya, Hassan, Mysore, Chamarajnagar, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural, Chickballapur, Kolar, Tumkur and Ramnagara
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Thamarassery
- Kerala: Calicut and Malappuram
Province of Thrissur
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur
- Kerala: The boundaries are - North: Bharathapuzha in Malappuram district and Trichur - Palakkad district boundary; West: Arabian Sea; East: Trichur district boundary; South: Southern boundary of Valapad village and Karuvannur, Karanchira, Kurumali, Mupliyam river
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ramanathapuram
- Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Erode, Karur and Tirupur
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda
- Kerala: From Karuvannur river in the North, to Chalakudy river in the South. West boundary is the Arabian Sea and East boundary being the districts of Palaghat and some parts of Tamil Nadu state
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Palghat
- Kerala: Palakkad
Province 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
Directly under the Holy See
- Syro-Malabar Diocese of Faridabad
- Delhi: Entire National Capital Territory
- Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir: Entire states
- Uttar Pradesh: Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad
Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Trivandrum
- Syro-Malankara Major Archeparchy of Trivandrum
- Kerala: Trivandrum
- Tamil Nadu: some parts of Nagorkoil
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Marthandom
- Tamil Nadu: Kanyakumari
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Mavelikara
- Kerala: Alappuzha, Kollam and Pathanamthitta
- Syro-Malankara Eparchy of Pathanamthitta
- Kerala: Pathanamthitta
Province of Tiruvalla
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Archeparchy of Tiruvalla
- Parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Muvattupuzha
- Kerala: Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad
- Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Karur
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Bathery
- Kerala: Wayanad, Malapppuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod
- Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of Puthur
- Karnataka: Dakshina Kannada, Chamarajnagar, Chickmagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Shimoga and Udupi
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: Entire union territories
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of St. Ephrem of Khadki
- Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: Entire states
- Parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka that are not under other Syro-Malankara dioceses
See also
- Catholic Church in India
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses in India
- List of districts of India
- List of cathedrals in India
- List of Catholic bishops of India