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 churches, and one of the four titular patriarchs of the Latin Church. There are 6 Indian cardinals, 4 of whom are electors. All the Catholic bishops of India are members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.
Overview A summary of the number of bishops in India: Major archbishops: 2 Titular patriarch: 1 Metropolitan archbishops: 33 Bishops: 134 Bishops of curia: 1 Coadjutor bishops: 3 Auxiliary bishops: 25 Archbishops/bishops emeriti: 90 Bishop-elect: 1 Total: 290
Cardinals: 6 Electors: 4 Non-electors: 2
Vacant sees: 5 Apostolic administrators: 3 Diocesan administrators: 1
Latin Catholic Provinces
Ecclesiastical Province of Agra Metropolitan Archbishop Raphy Manjaly of the Archdiocese of Agra
Bishop John Carvalho of the Diocese of Ajmer
Bishop Louis Mascarenhas of the Diocese of Allahabad Bishop Ignatius D’Souza of the Diocese of Bareilly Bishop Joseph Kallarackal of the Diocese of Jaipur
Bishop Wilfred Gregory Moras of the Diocese of Jhansi
Bishop Gerald John Mathias of the Diocese of Lucknow Bishop Bhaskar Jesuraj of the Diocese of Meerut Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, SVD of the Diocese of Udaipur Bishop Eugene Joseph of the Diocese of Varanasi
Ecclesiastical Province of Bangalore Metropolitan archbishop Peter Machado of the Archdiocese of Bangalore Auxiliary bishop Arokia Raj Satis Kumar of the Archdiocese of Bangalore Auxiliary bishop Joseph Sosainathan of the Archdiocese of Bangalore
Bishop Derek Fernandes of the Diocese of Belgaum Bishop Henry D'Souza of the Diocese of Bellary Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa of the Diocese of Chikmagalur Bishop Robert Michael Miranda of the Diocese of Gulbarga Bishop Duming Dias of the Diocese of Karwar Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha of the Diocese of Mangalore
Bishop Francis Serrao, SJ of the Diocese of Mysore
Bishop Duming Dias, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Shimoga Bishop Leslie Clifford D’Souza of the Diocese of Udupi
Ecclesiastical Province of Bhopal Metropolitan Archbishop Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, SVD of the Archdiocese of Bhopal
Bishop Joseph Thykkattil of the Diocese of Gwalior
Bishop Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal of the Diocese of Indore
Bishop Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu of the Diocese of Jabalpur
Bishop Peter Rumal Kharadi of the Diocese of Jhabua Bishop Augustine Madathikunnel of the Diocese of Khandwa
Ecclesiastical Province of Bombay Metropolitan archbishop John Rodrigues of the Archdiocese of Bombay Auxiliary bishop Dominic Savio Fernandes of the Archdiocese of Bombay Auxiliary bishop Stephen Eustace Victor Fernandes of the Archdiocese of Bombay
[Was also the former Apostolic Adimistrator of Jalandhar] Bishop Barthol Barretto of the Diocese of Nashik
Bishop Simon Almeida of the Diocese of Poona
Bishop Thomas D'Souza of the Diocese of Vasai
Ecclesiastical Province of Calcutta Metropolitan archbishop Elias Frank of the Archdiocese of Calcutta
Metropolitan archbishop Elias Frank, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Asansol
Bishop Paul Simick of the Diocese of Bagdogra Bishop Shyamal Bose of the Diocese of Baruipur
Bishop Stephen Lepcha of the Diocese of Darjeeling Coadjutor bishop Edward Baretto of the Diocese of Darjeeling Bishop Fabian Toppo of the Diocese of Jalpaiguri
Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes, SDB of the Diocese of Krishnagar Bishop Fulgence Aloysius Tigga of the Diocese of Raiganj
Ecclesiastical Province of Calicut Metropolitan Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal of the Archdiocese of Calicut Bishop Alex Vadakumthala of the Diocese of Kannur Auxiliary bishop Dennis Kuruppassery of the Diocese of Kannur Bishop Peter Abir Antonisamy of the Diocese of Sultanpet
Ecclesiastical Province of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Metropolitan Archbishop John Barwa, SVD of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Auxiliary bishop Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh of the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, CM of the Diocese of Balasore
Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of the Diocese of Berhampur Bishop Aplinar Senapati, CM of the Diocese of Rayagada Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur of the Diocese of Rourkela Bishop Niranjan Sual Singh of the Diocese of Sambalpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Delhi Metropolitan archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto of the Archdiocese of Delhi Auxiliary bishop Deepak Valerian Tauro of the Archdiocese of Delhi
Bishop Ivan Pereira of the Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar Bishop Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel of the Diocese of Jalandhar
Bishop Sahaya Thatheus Thomas of the Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh
Ecclesiastical Province of Gandhinagar Metropolitan archbishop Thomas Ignatius MacWan of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar
Bishop Athanasius Rethna Swamy Swamiadian of the Diocese of Ahmedabad Bishop Sebastiäo Mascarenhas, SFX of the Diocese of Baroda
Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao, Metropolitan Archbishop Patriarch of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman Auxiliary bishop Simião Purificação Fernandes of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman Bishop Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro of the Diocese of Sindhudurg
Ecclesiastical Province of Guwahati Metropolitan Archbishop John Moolachira of the Archdiocese of Guwahati Coadjutor archbishop Albert Hemrom of the Archdiocese of Guwahati
Bishop Thomas Pulloppillil of the Diocese of Bongaigaon (vacant) Diocese of Dibrugarh
Bishop Paul Mattekatt of the Diocese of Diphu Bishop Benny Varghese Edathattel of the Diocese of Itanagar
Bishop George Palliparambil, SDB of the Diocese of Miao Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Panipitchai, SDB of the Diocese of Miao Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo of the Diocese of Tezpur
Ecclesiastical Province of Hyderabad Cardinal Anthony Poola, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hyderabad Bishop Paul Prakash Saginala of the Diocese of Cuddapah
Bishop Prakash Sagili of the Diocese of Khammam
Bishop Johannes Gorantla, OCD of the Diocese of Kurnool Bishop Karnam Dhaman Kumar, MSFS of the Diocese of Nalgonda
Bishop Vijaya Paul Reddy Duggimpudi of the Diocese of Warangal
Ecclesiastical Province of Imphal
Metropolitan archbishop Linus Neli of the Archdiocese of Imphal
Bishop James Thoppil of the Diocese of Kohima
Ecclesiastical Province of Madras and Mylapore Metropolitan archbishop George Antonysamy of the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore
Bishop Anthonisamy Neethinathan of the Diocese of Chingleput Bishop Lephonse Thomas Aquinas of the Diocese of Coimbatore Bishop Arulappan Amalraj of the Diocese of Ootacamund Bishop Ambrose Pitchaimuthu of the Diocese of Vellore
Ecclesiastical Province of Madurai Metropolitan archbishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu of the Archdiocese of Madurai
Metropolitan archbishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu, apostolic administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Dindigul
Bishop Nazarene Soosai of the Diocese of Kottar
Bishop Albert George Alexander Anastas of the Diocese of Kuzhithurai Fr. Motcharajan Michael, diocesan administrator of the (vacant) Diocese of Palayamkottai
Bishop Lourdu Anandam of the Diocese of Sivagangai
Bishop Savarimuthu Arokiaraj of the Diocese of Tiruchirapalli Bishop Stephen Antony Pillai of the Diocese of Tuticorin
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagpur Metropolitan Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves of the Archdiocese of Nagpur Bishop Malcolm Sequeira of the Diocese of Amravati Bishop Bernard Lancy Pinto of the Diocese of Aurangabad
Ecclesiastical Province of Patna Metropolitan Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura of the Archdiocese of Patna
Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas of the Diocese of Bettiah Bishop Kurien (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil of the Diocese of Bhagalpur Bishop James Shekhar of the Diocese of Buxar Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta of the Diocese of Muzaffarpur
Bishop Francis Tirkey of the Diocese of Purnea
Ecclesiastical Province of Pondicherry and Cuddalore Metropolitan Archbishop Francis Kalist of the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj of the Diocese of Dharmapuri Bishop Jeevanandam Amalanathan of the Diocese of Kumbakonam
Bishop Arulselvam Rayappan of the Diocese of Salem
Bishop Sagayaraj Thamburaj of the Diocese of Tanjore
Ecclesiastical Province of Raipur Metropolitan Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of the Archdiocese of Raipur
Bishop Antonis Bara of the Diocese of Ambikapur
Bishop Emmanuel Kerketta of the Diocese of Jashpur Bishop Paul Toppo of the Diocese of Raigarh
Ecclesiastical Province of Ranchi Metropolitan archbishop Vincent Aind of the Archdiocese of Ranchi Auxiliary bishop Anand David Xalxo of the Archdiocese of Ranchi
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX of the Diocese of Daltonganj
Bishop Julius Marandi of the Diocese of Dumka Auxiliary bishop Sonatan Kisku of the Diocese of Dumka Bishop Linus Pingal Ekka of the Diocese of Gumla Bishop Jojo Anand of the Diocese of Hazaribag Bishop Telesphore Bilung, SVD of the Diocese of Jamshedpur Bishop Binay Kandulna of the Diocese of Khunti Bishop Visuvasam Selvaraj of the Diocese of Port Blair [Residing in the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman] Bishop Vincent Barwa of the Diocese of Simdega
Ecclesiastical Province of Shillong Metropolitan Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh of the Archdiocese of Shillong Auxiliary bishop Bernard Laloo of the Archdiocese of Shillong Bishop Lumen Monteiro, CSC of the Diocese of Agartala Bishop Stephen Rotluanga, CSC of the Diocese of Aizawl Auxiliary bishop Joachim Walder of the Diocese of Aizawl Bishop Ferdinand Dkhar of the Diocese of Jowai Bishop Wilbert Marwein of the Diocese of Nongstoin Bishop Andrew Marak of the Diocese of Tura Auxiliary bishop Jose Chirackal of the Diocese of Tura
Ecclesiastical Province of Thiruvananthapuram Metropolitan Archbishop Most Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Netto of the Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram
Auxiliary Bishop Christudas Rajappan of the Archdiocese of Thiruvananthapuram Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil of the Diocese of Alleppey Bishop Selvarajan Dasan of the Diocese of Neyyattinkara
Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan of the Diocese of Punalur Bishop Paul Antony Mullassery of the Diocese of Quilon
Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Kalathiparambil of the Archdiocese of Verapoly Auxiliary bishop Antony Valumkal of the Archdiocese of Verapoly
Bishop Antony Kattiparambil of the Diocese of Cochin
Bishop Ambrose Puthenveettil of the Diocese of Kottapuram
Bishop Sebastian Thekethecheril of the Diocese of Vijayapuram Auxiliary bishop Justin Alexander Madathiparambil of the Diocese of Vijayapuram
Ecclesiastical Province of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan archbishop Udumala Bala Showreddy of the Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera of the Diocese of Eluru Bishop Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini of the Diocese of Guntur
Bishop Doraboina Moses Prakasam of the Diocese of Nellore Coadjutor bishop Anthony Das Pilli of the Diocese of Nellore Bishop Vijaya Kumar Rayarala, PIME of the Diocese of Srikakulam Bishop Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, SMM of the Diocese of Vijayawada
Syro-Malabar Ecclesiastical Provinces
Province of Eranakulam - Angamaly Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Eranakulam-Angamaly Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany, major archiepiscopal administrator of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Eranakulam-Angamaly
Bishop Mar John Nellikunnel of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Idukki Bishop Mar George Madathikandathil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam
Province of Changanassery Metropolitan Archbishop Mar Thomas Joseph Tharayil of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery