Diocese of Jalandhar, India 🇮🇳

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jalandhar / Jullundur / Iullunduren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Delhi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Blessed Virgin Mary (Nativity), Saint Francis of Assisi

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1952.01.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jalandhar / Jullundur / Iullunduren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lahore and became suffragan of Delhi and Simla)
1971.12.06: Promoted as Diocese of Jalandhar / Jullundur / Iullunduren(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.06.07 – ...):

Bishop Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jalandhar (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel (62)
(2025.06.07 – ...)

Bishop of Jalandhar (India)

Born:	1962.12.24 (Kalaketty, India)
Ordained Priest:	1991.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.07.12

Priest of Jalandhar (India) (1991.05.01 – 2025.06.07)

Bishop of Jalandhar (India) (2025.06.07 – ...)

Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias (85)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.09.20 – 2025.06.07)

Bishop Franco Mulakkal (61)
(2013.06.13 – 2023.06.01)

Bishop emeritus of Jalandhar (India)

Ut in Omnibus Glorificetur Deus

Born:	1964.03.25 (Mattam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1990.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.02.21

Priest of Jalandhar (India) (1990.04.21 – 2009.01.17)

Titular Bishop of Chullu (2009.01.17 – 2013.06.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi (India) (2009.01.17 – 2013.06.13)

Bishop of Jalandhar (India) (2013.06.13 – 2023.06.01)

Bishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (70) (later Archbishop)
(2007.02.24 – 2012.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)
General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Sab ke sab ek ho jayen

Born:	1954.09.22 (Pemburpa, India)
Ordained Priest:	1981.02.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.11

Priest of Delhi (India) (1981.02.08 – 2000.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Cenculiana (2000.12.22 – 2007.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi (India) (2000.12.22 – 2007.02.24)

Bishop of Jalandhar (India) (2007.02.24 – 2012.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India) (2012.11.30 – ...)

General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2017.02.06 – 2025.02.02)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2024.02.06 – ...)

Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap.
(1971.12.06 – 2007.02.24)

Born:	1931.04.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.03.18
Died:	2015.05.03 († 84)

Bishop of Jalandhar (India) (1971.12.06 – 2007.02.24)

Prefects Apostolic of Jalandhar (Roman Rite)

Fr. Alban of Blackburn, O.F.M. Cap.
(1952.10.31 – 1971)

Died:

1971

Prefect Apostolic of Jalandhar (India) (1952.10.31 – 1971)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Jalandhar, Punjab

Multan (↙), Faisalabad (↙), Lahore (←), Jammu–Srinagar (↑), Simla and Chandigarh (→), Delhi (↘), Jaipur (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 51,120 km²

Population: 109,078 Catholics (0.4% of 31,045,330 total)

Pastoral Centres: 137 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 192 priests (84 diocesan, 108 religious), 936 religious (120 brothers, 816 sisters), 18 seminarians