Diocese of

Indore

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Indore / Indoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bhopal

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis of Assisi

Liturgical Calendar (National) ๐Ÿ“…

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.17 โ€“ ...):Bishop Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal (62)Bishop Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Indore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal (62)Bishop Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal (62)
(2024.02.17 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Indore (India)

Born:1962.02.25 (Kalloorkad, Kerala, India)
Ordained Priest:1987.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:2024.04.05

Priest of Indore (India) (1987.11.25 โ€“ 2024.02.17)

Bishop of Indore (India) (2024.02.17 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D. (75)Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D. (75)
(2008.10.24 โ€“ 2024.02.17)

Bishop emeritus of Indore (India)

To do the will of God

Born:1949.01.07 (Kalloorkad, India)
Ordained Priest:1979.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:2002.06.07

Bishop of Jhabua (India) (2002.03.01 โ€“ 2008.10.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua (India) (2008.10.24 โ€“ 2009.05.11)

Bishop of Indore (India) (2008.10.24 โ€“ 2024.02.17)

Bishop George Marian Anathil, S.V.D.
(1972.12.18 โ€“ 2008.10.24)

Born:1932.06.28 (India)
Ordained Priest:1959.10.02
Consecrated Bishop:1973.06.29
Died:2009.05.02 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Indore (India) (1972.12.18 โ€“ 2008.10.24)

Bishop Frans Simons, S.V.D.
(1952.05.15 โ€“ 1971.06.26)

Born:1908.07.30 (India)
Ordained Priest:1932.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:1952.08.06
Died:2002.01.28 (โ€  93)

Bishop of Indore (India) (1952.05.15 โ€“ 1971.06.26)

Prefects Apostolic of Indore (Roman Rite)

Fr. Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. (later Bishop)
(1948.03.20 โ€“ 1951.06.14)

Born:1905.04.24 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1932.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1951.07.29
Died:1985.10.23 (โ€  80)

Prefect Apostolic of Indore (India) (1948.03.20 โ€“ 1951.06.14)

Bishop of Sambalpur (India) (1951.06.14 โ€“ 1974.02.28)

Fr. Peter Janser, S.V.D.
(1935.03.11 โ€“ 1947)

Died:1947

Ecclesiastical Superior of Indore (India) (1931.03.03 โ€“ 1935.03.11)

Prefect Apostolic of Indore (India) (1935.03.11 โ€“ 1947)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Indore (Roman Rite)

Fr. Peter Janser, S.V.D.
(1931.03.03 โ€“ 1935.03.11)

(see above)

Special Churches

Jhabua (โ†), Ujjain (โ†‘), Bhopal (โ†—), Khandwa (โ†˜)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,073 kmยฒ

Population: 17,750 Catholics (0.2% of 7,905,632 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 123 priests (49 diocesan, 74 religious), 688 religious (141 brothers, 547 sisters), 13 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.11.26

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