Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot

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Eparchy of Rajkot

राजकोट के सूबा Hindi
રાજકોટ ડાયોસિઝ Gujarati
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Location
CountryFlag of India.svg India
TerritorySaurashtra and Kutch
Ecclesiastical province Archeparchy of Kalyan
Coordinates 22°16′33.6″N70°45′28.4″E / 22.276000°N 70.757889°E / 22.276000; 70.757889
Statistics
Area109,950 km2 (42,450 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 16,025,000
  • 13,000 (0.1%)
Information
Denomination Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite East Syriac Rite
Cathedral Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot
Patron saint Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Major ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
BishopMar Jose Chittooparambil CMI
Metropolitan Archbishop Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
Bishops emeritus Mar Gregory Karotemprel Bishop Emeritus (1983-2010)
Map
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Website
Website of the Diocese

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was created by Pope Paul VI's Bull "De recta fidelium" in 1977, separating it from the Diocese of Ahmedabad. Its cathedral is Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot. From 28th of August 2025 decreed by the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church, it is a suffragan Eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.

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History

On 16 July 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Mar Jose Chittooparambil as the bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Rajkot. The bishop-elect was born in 1954 in Neeleswaram, India, was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, and is currently Prior General of St. Xavier's Province in Rajkot. He succeeds bishop Mar Gregory Karotemprel, whose resignation the Pope accepted upon having reached the age limit. (All bishops of local churches, or dioceses, whose wider churches are in communion with the Pope, must submit their resignation for possible acceptance at age 75, though the resignations are usually only accepted later.)

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