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Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain

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Diocese of Ujjain

Dioecesis Uiiainensis

उज्जैन के सूबा
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Ujjain
Coat of arms
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceBhopal
MetropolitanBhopal
Statistics
Area18,225 km2 (7,037 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
4,396,000
3,398 (0.1%)
Information
RiteSyro-Malabarese
CathedralSt. Mary’s Cathedral in Ujjain
Patron saintSaint Paul
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
BishopSebastian Vadakel
Metropolitan ArchbishopLeo Cornelio
Map
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 in central India.

Statistics

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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

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  • 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

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(all Syro-Malabar Rite)

Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain
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

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