Catholic Church

Also known as: Indien (Deutsch), India (español, Italiano, latine), l'Inde (français), Indie (polski), Índia (Português), 印度 (繁體中文), インド (日本語)

Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: New Delhi

Population: 1,065,070,000

Area: 2,973,190 km²

Patron Saints: St. Thomas, St. Francis Xavier, Our Lady of Assumption

Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5%

Languages: English (enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication); Hindi (the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people); 14 other official languages

Motto: Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit) (Truth alone triumphs)

Neighbouring Countries: ↓ Maldives , ↖ Pakistan , ↑ China , ↗ Nepal , ↗ Bhutan , → Myanmar , → Bangladesh , ↘ Sri Lanka

Circumscriptions (167): Titular Patriarchates (1), Major Archdioceses (2), Metr. Archdioceses (28), Dioceses (136)

Roman Rite (130): Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Ajmer, Allahabad, Alleppey, Ambikapur, Amravati, Asansol, Aurangabad, Bagdogra, Balasore, Bangalore, Bareilly, Baroda, Baruipur, Belgaum, Bellary, Berhampur, Bettiah, Bhagalpur, Bhopal, Bombay, Bongaigaon, Buxar, Calcutta, Calicut, Chikmagalur, Chingleput, Cochin, Coimbatore, Cuddapah, Cuttack–Bhubaneswar, Daltonganj, Darjeeling, Delhi, Dharmapuri, Dibrugarh, Dindigul, Diphu, Dumka, East Indies, Eluru, Gandhinagar, Goa and Daman, Gulbarga, Gumla, Guntur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hazaribag, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalpaiguri, Jammu–Srinagar, Jamshedpur, Jashpur, Jhabua, Jhansi, Jowai, Jullundur, Kannur, Karwar, Khamman, Khandwa, Khunti, Kohima, Kottapuram, Kottar, Krishnagar, Kumbakonam, Kurnool, Lucknow, Madras and Mylapore, Madurai, Mangalore, Meerut, Miao, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, Nalgonda, Nashik, Nellore, Neyyattinkara, Nongstoin, Ootacamund, Palayamkottai, Patna, Pondicherry and Cuddalore, Poona, Port Blair, Punalur, Purnea, Quilon, Raiganj, Raigarh, Raipur, Ranchi, Rourkela, Salem, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimoga, Simdega, Simla and Chandigargh, Sindhudurg, Sivagangai, Srikakulam, Tanjore, Tezpur, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Tura, Tuticorin, Udaipur, Udupi, Varanasi, Vasai, Vellore, Verapoly, Vijayapuram, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Warangal

Syro-Malabar Church (29): Adilabad, Belthangady, Bhadravathi, Bijnor, Chanda, Changanacherry, Ernakulam–Angamaly, Faridabad, Gorakhpur, Idukki, Irinjalakuda, Jagdalpur, Kalyan, Kanjirapally, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Mananthavady, Mandya, Palai, Palghat, Rajkot, Ramanathapuram, Sagar, Satna, Tellicherry, Thamarasserry, Thuckalay, Trichur, Ujjain

Syro-Malankar Church (8): Bathery, Marthandam, Mavelikkara, Moovatupuzha, Pathanamthitta, Puthur, Tiruvalla, Trivandrum

Cardinals (5 electors/7 total): Alencherry (68), Dias (77), Gracias (68), Lourdusamy (89), Pimenta (93), Thottunkal (53), Toppo (73) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: India

Conference of Bishops: Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (C.C.B.I.)

Conference of Bishops: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (C.B.C.I.)

Major Archiepiscopal Synod: Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

Major Archiepiscopal Synod: Synod of the Syro-Malankarese Church

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)