Catholic-Hierarchy DC

India

Statistics by Province

by Percentage Catholic


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#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicProvinceDiocesesSuffragansDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishes
1778,0004,448,00017.49%Trichur (Syro-Malabarese)3Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabarese), Palghat (Syro-Malabarese)5012447454236,286407
2956,0005,947,00016.08%Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese)3Idukki (Syro-Malabarese), Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese)5964521,0488717,770568
31,985,00020,650,0009.61%Madurai7Dindigul, Kottar, Palayamkottai, Sivagangai, Tiruchirapalli, Tuticorin7583941,1521,2464,372511
4810,00011,252,0007.20%Trivandrum5Alleppey, Neyyattinkara, Punalur, Quilon3351685032782,045246
5922,00013,105,0007.04%Changanacherry (Syro-Malabarese)4Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabarese), Palai (Syro-Malabarese), Thuckalay (Syro-Malabarese)9065041,4106178,558617
6632,0009,874,0006.40%Shillong4Agartala, Aizawl, Tura124198322504883106
7814,00020,668,0003.94%Pondicherry and Cuddalore5Dharmapuri, Kumbakonam, Salem, Tanjore51912364213212,689311
8790,00025,468,0003.10%Ranchi9Daltonganj, Dumka, Gumla, Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Khunti, Port Blair, Simdega4074698767752,240228
9666,00022,163,0003.01%Verapoly6Calicut, Cochin, Kannur, Kottapuram, Vijayapuram54134888938613,525403
10941,00031,906,0002.95%Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)5Chinglepet, Coimbatore, Ootacamund, Vellore4854409258114,516368
11123,0004,428,0002.78%Imphal2Kohima11111222317543967
12590,00022,541,0002.62%Tellicherry (Syro-Malabarese)4Belthangady (Syro-Malabarese), Mananthavady (Syro-Malabarese), Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabarese)5683168845974,084538
131,056,00041,716,0002.53%Visakhapatnam6Eluru, Guntur, Nellore, Srikakulam, Vijayawada4503007507332,562396
14561,00027,823,0002.02%Guwahati5Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, Diphu, Tezpur168209377279905147
15376,00019,077,0001.97%Raipur4Ambikapur, Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), Raigarh32520653113091,333185
16975,00071,214,0001.37%Bangalore9Belgaum, Bellary, Chikmagalur, Gulbarga, Karwar, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga7788291,6072,3348,030575
17896,00067,925,0001.32%Bombay6Kalyan (Syro-Malabarese), Nashik, Poona, Sindhudurg, Vasai4975231,0206742,791358
18396,00031,283,0001.27%Trivandrum (Malankarese)5Battery (Malankarese), Marthandom (Malankarese), Muvattupuzha (Malankarese), Tiruvalla (Malankarese)4631145771761,546463
19434,00036,326,0001.19%Cuttack-Bhubaneswar5Balasore, Berhampur, Rourkela, Sambalpur2192134324151,069177
20488,00043,743,0001.12%Hyderabad7Adilabad (Syro-Malabarese), Cuddapah, Khammam, Kurnool, Nalgonda, Warangal4023217238992,662347
21556,00075,673,000.73%Calcutta8Asansol, Bagdogra, Baruipur, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Krishnagar, Raiganj34032766746752,230185
22166,00050,244,000.33%Gandhinagar4Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot (Syro-Malabarese)1303254554261,147105
23129,00048,880,000.26%Bhopal9Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Sagar (Syro-Malabarese), Satna (Syro-Malabarese), Ujjain (Syro-Malabarese)30834865616712,102210
24238,00090,129,000.26%Delhi4Jammu-Srinagar, Jullundur, Simla and Chandigarh22726048715311,907232
25180,00090,660,000.20%Patna5Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Purnea1991903893141,128155
2657,00034,817,000.16%Nagpur4Amravati, Aurangabad, Chanda (Syro-Malabarese)1141412556101,13171
27105,000170,541,000.06%Agra10Ajmer, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bijnor (Syro-Malabarese), Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabarese), Jaipur, Jhansi, Lucknow, Meerut, Udaipur, Varanasi5061716774522,858355

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may be excluded which will lower the totals for its Province.

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Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2005; code: v2.3.4, 17 Nov 05; data: 20 Nov 05