Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical province in Madhya Pradesh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ujjain (Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars) is a Syro-Malabar eparchy (Eastern Catholic) in India, part of the rite-specific the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Syro-Oriental Rite).
Diocese of Ujjain Dioecesis Uiiainensis उज्जैन के सूबा | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bhopal |
| Metropolitan | Bhopal |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,225 km2 (7,037 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 4,396,000 3,398 (0.1%) |
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| Rite | Syro-Malabarese |
| Cathedral | St. Mary’s Cathedral in Ujjain |
| Patron saint | Saint Paul |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Major Archbishop | Mar Raphael Thattil |
| Bishop | Sebastian Vadakel |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Leo Cornelio |
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It thus depends on the Roman Congregation for the Oriental Churches, but is simultaneously a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Latin Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Mary's Cathedral, in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh state in central India.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 4,602 Eastern Catholics (0.1% of 6,253,649 total) on 18,441 km2 in 41 parishes and a mission with 93 priests (41 diocesan, 52 religious), 433 lay religious (120 brothers, 313 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
| Sl.No | Ordinary | Designation | Year of appointment | Last year of service |
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| 1 | Father John Perumattam Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.) | Apostolic Exarch | 29 July 1968 | 26 February 1977 |
| Sl.No | Ordinary | Designation | Year of appointment | Last year of service |
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| 1 | John Perumattam Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.) | Bishop | 26 February 1977 | 4 April 1998 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vadakel Missionary Society of St Thomas (M.S.T.) | Bishop | 4 April 1998 | Present |
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