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{{Infobox diocese<br />
|jurisdiction = Diocese<br />
|name = Ujjain <br />
|latin = Dioecesis Uiiainensis<br />
|local = उज्जैन के सूबा<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|metropolitan = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal|Bhopal]] <br />
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bhopal|Bhopal]]<br />
|rite = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro-Malabarese]]<br />
|area_km2 = 18,225 <br />
|population = 4,396,000<br />
|population_as_of = 2010<br />
|catholics = 3,398<br />
|catholics_percent= 0.1<br />
|cathedral = St. Mary’s Cathedral in [[Ujjain]]<br />
|patron = [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]]<br />
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}<br />
|major_archbishop = [[George Alencherry]]<br />
|bishop = Sebastian Vadakel<br />
|metro_archbishop = Leo Cornelio<br />
|emeritus_bishops = <br />
|website = [http://www.ujjaindiocese.org/ Website of the Diocese] <br />
}}<br />
The '''Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain (Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars)''' is a [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro-Malabar]] [[eparchy]] ([[Eastern Catholic]]) in [[India]], part of the rite-specific the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] ([[Syro-Oriental Rite]]).<br />
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It thus depends on the [[Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches]], but is simultaneously a [[suffragan]] see in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the Latin Metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Bhopal]].<br />
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Its [[cathedral]] episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, in [[Ujjain]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] state.<br />
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== Statistics ==<br />
As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,602 Eastern Catholics (0.1% of 6,253,649 total) on 18,441&nbsp;km² in 41 parishes and a mission with 93 priests (41 diocesan, 52 religious), 433 lay religious (120 brothers, 313 sisters) and 9 seminarians.<br />
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== History ==<br />
* It was created on 29 July 1968 as '''[[Apostolic Exarchate]] of Ujjain''', on territory split off from the (Latin) [[Diocese of Indore]]. <br />
* On 26 February 1977 the Apostolic Exarchate was elevated to '''Diocese of Ujjain'''.<br />
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== Ordinaries ==<br />
(all [[Syro-Malabar Rite]])<br />
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;''Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain'' <br />
* Father [[John Perumattam]], [[Missionary Society of St Thomas]] (M.S.T.) (29 July 1968 – 26 February 1977 ''see below'')<br />
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;''Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Ujjain <br />
* John Perumattam, M.S.T. (''see above'' 26 February 1977 – retired 4 April 1998), died 2011<br />
* Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. (4 April 1998 – ... ), no previous prelature<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in India]]<br />
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== Sources and external links ==<br />
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ujja0.htm GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections]<br />
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dujsm.html Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain on Catholic-Hierarchy]<br />
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