Diocese of

Jabalpur

India India

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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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.13 – ...):Bishop Valan Arasu (57)Bishop Valan Arasu (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jabalpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valan Arasu (57)Bishop Valan Arasu (57)
(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)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

Special Churches

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

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 52,980 km²

Population: 28,500 Catholics (0.3% of 10,908,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 51 missions

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

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Religious

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Last updated on 2024.10.29

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