Diocese of Ambikapur, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ambikapur / Ambikapuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Raipur

Patron Saint: Immaculate Mother of God

1977.11.10: Established as Diocese of Ambikapur / Ambikapuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Raigarh–Ambikapur and became suffragan of Bhopal)
2004.02.27: Became suffragan of Raipur

Bishop (2021.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Antonis Bara (67)

Bishops of Ambikapur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonis Bara (67)
(2021.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Ambikapur (India)

Priest of Ambikapur (India) (1988.05.13 – 2021.12.22)

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (2021.12.22 – ...)

Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (80)
(1996.07.05 – 2021.12.22)

Bishop emeritus of Ambikapur (India)

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (1996.07.05 – 2021.12.22)

Bishop Paschal Topno, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1985.10.28 – 1994.03.26)

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (1985.10.28 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal (India) (1994.03.26 – 2007.06.15)

Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J.
(1977.11.10 – 1984.10.20)

Bishop of Ambikapur (India) (1977.11.10 – 1984.10.20)

Bishop of Raipur (India) (1984.10.20 – 1991.02.15)

Raipur (↙), Jabalpur (←), Satna (↖), Allahabad (↑), Daltonganj (↗), Gumla (→), Jashpur (→), Raigarh (↓)

Area: 22,337 km²

Population: 103,000 Catholics (3.4% of 3,032,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 55 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 194 priests (117 diocesan, 77 religious), 660 religious (168 brothers, 492 sisters), 45 seminarians