Diocese of

Jabalpur

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 52,980 km²

Population: 28,238 Catholics (0.3% of 10,500,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 13 parishes, 51 missions, 121 priests (76 diocesan, 45 religious), 415 lay religious (88 brothers, 327 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bhopal

Neighbouring Dioceses: Nagpur (↙), Bhopal (←), Sagar (↖), Satna (↗), Ambikapur (→), Raipur (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Patron Saint: Saint Peter and Saint Paul of Tarsus

History

1932.07.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jubbulpore (from Diocese of Allahabad and Diocese of Nagpur and became suffragan of Madras)
1950.10.21: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Jabalpur / Iabalpuren(sis) (Latin)
1953.09.19: Became suffragan of Nagpur
1954.07.05: Promoted as Diocese of Jabalpur / Iabalpuren(sis) (Latin)
1963.09.13: Lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bhopal and became suffragan of Bhopal
1968.07.29: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Satna

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.05.16 – ...):

Bishop Gerald Almeida (76)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jabalpur (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerald Almeida (76)
(2001.05.16 – ...)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

To serve with love

Born:	1946.03.07 (Udyavar, India)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.17

Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1997.05.20 – 2001.05.16)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (2001.05.16 – ...)

Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem.
(1976.03.01 – 2001.05.16)

Born:	1928.09.23 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1959.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.31
Died:	2016.11.18 († 88)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1976.03.01 – 2001.05.16)

Bishop Leobard D’Souza (later Archbishop)
(1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01)

Born:	1930.01.18 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.12.03
Died:	2005.12.19 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1965.12.17 – 1975.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagpur (India) (1975.07.01 – 1998.01.17)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (1988 – 1991)

Bishop Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem.
(1954.07.05 – 1965.12.17)

Born:	1894.10.12 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1920.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.19
Died:	1977.12.20 († 83)

Prefect Apostolic of Jabalpur (India) (1933.05.29 – 1954.07.05)

Bishop of Jabalpur (India) (1954.07.05 – 1965.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Adada (1965.12.17 – 1977.12.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Jabalpur (Roman Rite)

Fr. Conrad Dubbelman, O. Praem. (later Bishop)
(1933.05.29 – 1954.07.05)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gerald Almeida (76) (1997.05.20 – 2001.05.16)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Leobard D’Souza (later Archbishop) (1964.11.12 – 1965.12.17)

as of 2022.08.06

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