Diocese of Indore
Indoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Indore, India
Latin-rite diocese in Madhya Pradesh, India, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bhopal. Erected as a diocese on 15 May 1952, elevated from the Apostolic Prefecture of Indore (1935). Its seat is the Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Indore.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1952
- Latin
- Indoren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Annuario code
- 001001663
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,674
- Population
- 4,514,518
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 123
- Catholics per priest
- 290
- Extent
- 19,073 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal
- Born
- 25 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Kalloorkad
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi, Indore stands in Indore, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bhopal
A suffragan of Bhopal.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BhopalBhopal
- Diocese of GwaliorGwalior
- Diocese of JabalpurJabalpur
- Diocese of JhabuaJhabua
- Diocese of KhandwaKhandwa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in 1952, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Indore is based in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, and spreads over 3 civil districts of western Madhya Pradesh, an area of 19,073 km². Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D., born 7 January 1949 and appointed on 27 March 2002, is the bishop of the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.