Diocese of Jabalpur, India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jabalpur / Iabalpuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bhopal

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter and Saint Paul of Tarsus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1932.07.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore (from Diocese of Allahabad and Diocese of Nagpur and became suffragan of Madras)
1950.10.21: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Jabalpur / Iabalpuren(sis) (Latin)
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Nagpur
1954.07.05: Promoted as Diocese of Jabalpur / Iabalpuren(sis) (Latin)
1963.09.13: Lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal and became suffragan of Bhopal
1968.07.29: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Satna

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Valan Arasu (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jabalpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valan Arasu (56)
(2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Born:	1967.06.13 (Enayam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1996.05.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.08

Priest of Jabalpur (India) (1996.05.12 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Gerald Almeida (78)
(2001.05.16 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of Jabalpur (India)

To serve with love

Born:	1946.03.07 (Udyavar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.17

Priest of Jabalpur (India) (1974.12.14 – 1997.05.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1997.05.20 – 2001.05.16)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (2001.05.16 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem.
(1976.03.01 – 2001.05.16)

Born:	1928.09.23 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1959.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.31
Died:	2016.11.18 († 88)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1976.03.01 – 2001.05.16)

Bishop Leobard D’Souza (later Archbishop)
(1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01)

Born:	1930.01.18 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.12.03
Died:	2005.12.19 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1988 – 1991)

Bishop Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem.
(1954.07.05 – 1965.12.17)

Born:	1894.10.12 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1920.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.19
Died:	1977.12.20 († 83)

Prefect Apostolic of Jabalpur (India) (1933.05.29 – 1954.07.05)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1954.07.05 – 1965.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Adada (1965.12.17 – 1977.12.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Jabalpur (Roman Rite)

Fr. Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. (later Bishop)
(1933.05.29 – 1954.07.05)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gerald Almeida (78) (1997.05.20 – 2001.05.16)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Leobard D’Souza (later Archbishop) (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Nagpur (↙), Bhopal (←), Sagar (↖), Satna (↗), Ambikapur (→), Raipur (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 52,980 km²

Population: 28,254 Catholics (0.3% of 10,800,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 51 missions

Personnel: 136 priests (76 diocesan, 60 religious), 439 religious (103 brothers, 336 sisters), 14 seminarians