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{{Infobox diocese<br />
| jurisdiction = Eparchy<br />
| name = Rajkot<br />
| local = राजकोट के सूबा ''<small>Hindi</small>''<br>રાજકોટ ડાયોસિઝ ''<small>Gujarati</small>''<br />
| image = Prem Mandir.jpg<br />
| image_size = 230px<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| caption = [[Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot]]<br />
<!---- Locations ----><br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| territory = Saurashtra and Kutch<br />
| metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Gandhinagar]] <br />
| province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Gandhinagar]] <br />
| archdeaconries = <br />
| deaneries = <br />
| subdivisions = <br />
| coordinates = <br />
<!---- Statistics ----><br />
| area_km2 = 109,950 <br />
| area_sqmi = <!-- Area in square miles, automatically converted --><br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| population = 16,025,000<br />
| population_as_of = 2010<br />
| catholics = 13,000<br />
| catholics_percent = 0.1<br />
| parishes = <!-- Number of parishes in the diocese --><br />
| churches = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese --><br />
| congregations = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese --><br />
| schools = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese --><br />
| members = <!-- Number of members in the diocese --><br />
<!---- Information ----><br />
| denomination = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]<br />
| rite = [[East Syriac Rite]] <br />
| established = <br />
| cathedral = [[Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot]]<br />
| cocathedral = <br />
| patron = [[Sacred Heart of Jesus]]<br />
| patron_title = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" --><br />
| priests = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese --><br />
<!---- Current leadership ----><br />
| pope = {{Incumbent pope}} <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change --><br />
| patriarch = <br />
| major_archbishop = [[Mar George Alencherry]]<br />
| bishop = Mar Jose Chittooparambil [[Carmelites of Mary Immaculate|CMI]]<br />
| bishop_title = <!-- Type of ordinary: i.e. Bishop or Archbishop. Default is Bishop --><br />
| metro_archbishop = <br />
| coadjutor = <br />
| suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one --><br />
| auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) --><br />
| apostolic_admin = <br />
| vicar_general = <br />
| episcopal_vicar =<br />
| archdeacons = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one--><br />
| emeritus_bishops = [[Mar Gregory Karotemprel]] <small>Bishop Emeritus (1983-2010)</small><br />
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| map = <br />
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<!---- Website ----><br />
| website = [http://www.rajkotdiocese.org/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot''' is an [[Eastern Catholic]] [[eparchy]] in [[India]] under the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]. It was created by [[Pope Paul VI]]'s [[Papal bull|Bull]] "[[De recta fidelium]]" in 1977, separating it from the [[Diocese of Ahmedabad]]. Its [[cathedral]] is [[Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot]].<br />
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==History==<br />
On 16 July 2010, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] named Mar Jose Chittooparambil as the bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Rajkot. The bishop-elect was born in 1954 in Neeleswaram, India, was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, and is currently Prior General of St. Xavier's Province in Rajkot. He succeeds bishop Mar Gregory Karotemprel, whose resignation the Pope accepted upon having reached the age limit. (All bishops of local churches, or dioceses, whose wider churches are in communion with the Pope, must submit their resignation for possible acceptance at age 75, though the resignations are usually only accepted later.)<br />
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== Former bishops ==<br />
* Mar Jonas Thaliath<br />
* [[Mar Gregory Karotemprel]]<br />
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== Schools ==<br />
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* [[St. Xavier's High School, Bhuj]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/drasm.html Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Rajkot Catholic-Hierarchy]<br />
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[[Category:Eastern Catholic dioceses in India]]<br />
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