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The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, [1] representing around 1.55% of the total population, [2] and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. [1]
20th-century Indian Roman Catholic priests (1 C, 28 P) 21st-century Indian Roman Catholic priests (1 C, 17 P) C. Indian cardinals (15 P) J. Indian Jesuits (5 C, 2 P)
India: 1991: India: Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate: Syro-Malabar Emilian Vettath 1902: India: 1994: India: Professed Priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate: Syro-Malabar Alan Richard Griffiths (Swami Dayananda) 1906: England: 1993: India: Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Camaldolese Congregation) Latin Preeti ...
The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Carmelitarum Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae) abbreviated CMI, formerly also known as the Servants of Mary Immaculate (Malayalam: അമലോത്ഭവ ദാസ സംഘം), is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, [4] and is the largest such congregation ...
A bishop or priest granted vicarious authority from a diocesan bishop for a specific area of ministry (e.g., Judicial Vicar, Vicar for Clergy, etc.). A deacon or lay ecclesial minister may be appointed to the same role, but typically called by a different title. Vicar Forane, Dean: Very Reverend, Very Rev.
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Since 1970, the number of Catholic priests in the world has decreased by about 5,000, to 414,313 priests as of 2012. [16] but the worldwide Catholic population has nearly doubled, growing from 653.6 million in 1970 to 1.229 billion in 2012. [16] This has resulted in a worldwide shortage of Catholic priests.
The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese. The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the Latin Church. There are 6 Indian cardinals, 5 of whom are electors.