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The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, [1] representing around 1.55% of the total population, [2] and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. [1]
20th-century Indian Roman Catholic priests (1 C, 28 P) 21st-century Indian Roman Catholic priests (1 C, 17 P) C. Indian cardinals (15 P) J. Indian Jesuits (5 C, 2 P)
The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese. The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the Latin Church. There are 6 Indian cardinals, 5 of whom are electors.
George Koovakad was born in Chethipuzha, an urban district in the municipality of Changanacherry, Kerala, on 11 August 1973. [2] [3]He earned his intermediate and bachelor's degrees in chemistry from SB College, Changanassery in 1994 where he was also the president of Catholic Students Movement in the college.
The number of priests is falling in Europe and the Americas faster than the number of local Catholics is declining. This has resulted in some African and Asian priests being recruited to European and American churches, reversing the historical practice of Catholic missionaries being sent from Western countries to the rest of the world.
Kalist was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meerut on 3 Dec 2008 and ordained a bishop on 8 Feb 2009 by Patrick Nair. [1] On 19 March 2022, Pope Francis appointed him as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore and he was installed on 29 April 2022.
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Oswald Gracias (born 24 December 1944) is an Indian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Bombay since 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2007. In 2008, he became vice-president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India.