Diocese of Ujjain Dioecesis Uiiainensis उज्जैन के सूबा | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bhopal |
| Metropolitan | Bhopal |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,225 km2 (7,037 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 4,396,000 3,398 (0.1%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Syro-Malabarese |
| Cathedral | St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ujjain |
| Patron saint | Saint Paul |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | George Alencherry |
| Bishop | Sebastian Vadakel |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Leo Cornelio |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain (Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars) is a Syro-Malabar eparchy (Eastern Catholic) in India, part of the rite-specific the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite).
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.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh state.
Statistics[edit | edit source]
As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,602 Eastern Catholics (0.1% of 6,253,649 total) on 18,441 km² in 41 parishes and a mission with 93 priests (41 diocesan, 52 religious), 433 lay religious (120 brothers, 313 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
History[edit | edit source]
- It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain, on territory split off from the (Latin) Diocese of Indore.
- On 26 February 1977 the Apostolic Exarchate was elevated to Diocese of Ujjain.
Ordinaries[edit | edit source]
(all Syro-Malabar Rite)
- Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain
- Father John Perumattam, Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.) (29 July 1968 – 26 February 1977 see below)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Ujjain
- John Perumattam, M.S.T. (see above 26 February 1977 – retired 4 April 1998), died 2011
- Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. (4 April 1998 – ... ), no previous prelature
See also[edit | edit source]
Sources and external links[edit | edit source]
- GCatholic, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Ujjain on Catholic-Hierarchy
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