Diocese of Port Blair, India 🇮🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Port Blair / Portus Blairen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ranchi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Pathein (↗), Mawlamyine (→)

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Patron Saint: Stella Maris

1984.06.22: Established as Diocese of Port Blair / Portus Blairen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi and became suffragan of Ranchi)

Bishop (2021.06.29 – ...):

Bishop Visuvasam Selvaraj (60)

Bishops of Port Blair (Roman Rite)

Bishop Visuvasam Selvaraj (60)
(2021.06.29 – ...)

Bishop of Port Blair (India)

Priest of Port Blair (India) (1994.05.08 – 2021.06.29)

Bishop of Port Blair (India) (2021.06.29 – ...)

Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. (81)
(1984.06.22 – 2019.01.06)

Bishop emeritus of Port Blair (India)

Bishop of Port Blair (India) (1984.06.22 – 2019.01.06)

Area: 8,293 km²

Population: 39,760 Catholics (8.1% of 493,730 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 48 priests (24 diocesan, 24 religious), 158 religious (26 brothers, 132 sisters), 3 seminarians