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Archbishop
Cardinals
Total : 32
RAPHY MANJALY
(Agra )
Most Rev. RAPHY MANJALY
Archbishop Of Agra
Personal Details
Born
:
7-Feb-1958
Priestly Ordination
:
11-May-1983
Episcopal Ordination
:
30-Apr-2007
Tel(P)
:
0562-2527208,(0)9452825777, (0)9557731999
Email(P)
:
manjalyraphy@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Wazirpura Road, Agra - 282 003 (Uttar Pradesh)
Tel(O)
:
0562 - 2851318, 2526397
Email
:
archdagra@gmail.com
Peter Machado
(Bangalore)
Most Rev. Peter Machado
Archbishop of Bangalore
Personal Details
Born
:
26-May-1954
Priestly Ordination
:
8-Dec-1978
Episcopal Ordination
:
30-Mar-2006
Tel(P)
:
080-23335155,(0) 9448122587
Email(P)
:
machado.peter@rediffmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, 75, Miller’s Road, Benson Town, Bengaluru - 560 046 (Karnataka)
Tel(O)
:
080-23330438, 23330838, 23339199
Fax
:
080-23531600
Email
:
archbishop@bangalorearchdiocese.com
ALANGARAM AROKIA SEBASTIN DURAIRAJ, SVD
(Bhopal)
Most Rev. ALANGARAM AROKIA SEBASTIN DURAIRAJ, SVD
Archbishop of Bhopal
Personal Details
Born
:
3-May-1957
Priestly Ordination
:
8-May-1985
Episcopal Ordination
:
16-Jul-2009
Tel(P)
:
(0)9425927772
Email(P)
:
durairajsvd@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House 33, Ahmedabad Palace Road, Bhopal - 462 001 (Madhya Pradesh)
Tel(O)
:
0755-4930424,6265728422
Email
:
archdiocebpl@gmail.com
Website
:
www.bhopaldiocese.net
OSWALD CARDINAL GRACIAS
(Bombay )
His Eminence OSWALD CARDINAL GRACIAS
Archbishop of Bombay
Personal Details
Born
:
24-Dec-1944
Priestly Ordination
:
20-Dec-1970
Episcopal Ordination
:
16-Sep-1997
Tel(P)
:
(0)9892984689
Email(P)
:
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Contact Details
Archbishop’s House,21-Nathalal Parekh Marg,Mumbai - 400 001 (Maharashtra)
Tel(O)
:
022 - 22021093, 22021193, 22021293
Fax
:
022 - 22853872
Email
:
diocesebombay@gmail.com
Thomas D’Souza
(Calcutta )
Most Rev. Thomas D’Souza
Archbishop Of Calcutta
Personal Details
Born
:
26-Aug-1950
Priestly Ordination
:
16-Apr-1977
Episcopal Ordination
:
25-Jan-1998
Tel(P)
:
09434095030
Email(P)
:
abpthomasdsouza@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, 32, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata - 700 016 (West Bengal)
Tel(O)
:
033 - 22871960, 22879338
Fax
:
033 - 22807015
Email
:
calcuttaarch@gmail.com
Mar Joseph Perumthottam
(Changanacherry )
Most Rev. Mar Joseph Perumthottam
Archbishop Of Changanacherry
Personal Details
Born
:
5-Jul-1948
Priestly Ordination
:
18-Dec-1974
Episcopal Ordination
:
20-May-2002
Tel(P)
:
0481 - 2420614, (0)9447507393
Email(P)
:
bpjperumthottam@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Kottayam District, Changanacherry - 686 101 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0481 - 2420040, 2420379, 2422540
Email
:
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Website
:
www.archdiocesechanganacherry.org
John Barwa, SVD
(Cuttack - Bhubaneshwar )
Most Rev. John Barwa, SVD
Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar
Personal Details
Born
:
1-Jun-1955
Priestly Ordination
:
14-Apr-1985
Episcopal Ordination
:
19-Apr-2006
Tel(P)
:
09437390428,09437069752
Email(P)
:
abjohnb@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, St. Mother Teresa Road 9/16, Satyanagar P. O., Bhubaneshwar - 751 007 (Odisha)
Tel(O)
:
0674 - 2575225
Fax
:
0674 - 2575397
Email
:
abcbsecretary@gmail.com
Anil Joseph Thomas Couto
(Delhi )
Most Rev. Anil Joseph Thomas Couto
Archbishop Of Delhi
Personal Details
Born
:
22-Sep-1954
Priestly Ordination
:
8-Feb-1981
Episcopal Ordination
:
11-Mar-2001
Tel(P)
:
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Email(P)
:
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Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, 1, Ashok Place, New Delhi - 110 001
Tel(O)
:
011-23362058, 23346375,(0)8826404444
Email
:
officeofarchbishop@gmail.com, archbishopdelhi@gmail.com
His Beatitude Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil
(Ernakulam-Angamaly)
Archbishop His Beatitude Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil
Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church & Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
Personal Details
Born
:
21-May-1956
Priestly Ordination
:
21-Dec-1980
Episcopal Ordination
:
10-Apr-2010
Tel(P)
:
(0)9392241640, (0)9446619255, 9188714773
Email(P)
:
marraphaelthattil@gmail.com
Contact Details
Major Archiepiscopal Curia, Mount St. Thomas, P. B. No. 3110, P. O. Kakkanad, Kochi - 682 030 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0484-2424768, 2424780, 2426235
Fax
:
0484-2422727
Email
:
majorarchbishop@gmail.com
Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
(Faridabad)
Most Rev. Kuriakose Bharanikulangara
Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad
Personal Details
Born
:
1-Feb-1959
Priestly Ordination
:
18-Dec-1983
Episcopal Ordination
:
26-May-2012
Tel(P)
:
011-42411803,09716525555
Email(P)
:
tharuba@yahoo.com
Contact Details
Bishop’s House, 1B/32, N.E.A., Old Rajender Nagar, New Delhi - 110 060
Tel(O)
:
011-25812346
Fax
:
011-25759160
Email
:
faridabaddiocese@gmail.com
Thomas Ignatius Macwan
(Gandhinagar )
Most Rev. Thomas Ignatius Macwan
Archbishop of Gandhinagar
Personal Details
Born
:
14-Oct-1952
Priestly Ordination
:
9-Apr-1988
Episcopal Ordination
:
11-Jan-2003
Tel(P)
:
09327004957, 09428949957
Email(P)
:
thomas_macwan@ yahoo.co.in
Contact Details
Dharmacharya Nivas, Shantivan, Pethapur-Randheja Road, P. O. Pethapur - 382 610 Dist. Gandhinagar (North Gujarat)
Email
:
gandhinagardioc@gmail.com
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao
(Goa & Daman )
His Eminence Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrao
Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriach “ad honorem ”of the East Indies
Personal Details
Born
:
20-Jan-1953
Priestly Ordination
:
28-Oct-1979
Episcopal Ordination
:
10-Apr-1994
Tel(P)
:
0832 - 2433685, 09822181852
Email(P)
:
archbpgoa@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Altinho, Panaji – 403 001 (Goa)
Tel(O)
:
0832 - 2433600, 2433610, 2224789
Email
:
archbpgoa@gmail.com
Website
:
www.archgoadaman.org
John Moolachira
(Guwahati )
Most Rev. John Moolachira
Archbishop Of Guwahati
Personal Details
Born
:
14-Dec-1951
Priestly Ordination
:
23-Oct-1978
Episcopal Ordination
:
15-Apr-2007
Tel(P)
:
(0)9435729613,(0)8011965081
Email(P)
:
jmoolachira@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, P. O. Box 100, Guwahati - 781 001 (Assam)
Tel(O)
:
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Email
:
secretaryguwahatiarchdiocese@gmail.com
CARDINAL ANTHONY POOLA
(Hyderabad )
His Eminence CARDINAL ANTHONY POOLA
Archbishop of Hyderabad
Personal Details
Born
:
15-Nov-1961
Priestly Ordination
:
20-Feb-1992
Episcopal Ordination
:
19-Apr-2008
Tel(P)
:
040-27710721,09550752210
Email(P)
:
bpanthony@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, 9-1-17/1, 11, Sardar Patel Road, Secunderabad - 500 003 (Telangana)
Tel(O)
:
040-27805545, 27805418
Email
:
archdiohyd@gmail.com
Linus Neli
(Imphal )
Most Rev. Linus Neli
Archbishop Of Imphal
Personal Details
Born
:
26-Apr-1958
Priestly Ordination
:
20-Dec-1984
Episcopal Ordination
:
8-Dec-2023
Tel(P)
:
8837270018, 9436033731
Email(P)
:
linusfrneli@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Post Box No. 35, Imphal - 795 001 (Manipur)
Tel(O)
:
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Fax
:
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Email
:
bpsecyimp@gmail.com
Website
:
www.kohimadiocese.org
Mathew Moolakkatt ,OSB
(Kottayam )
Most Rev. Mathew Moolakkatt ,OSB
Archbishop of Kottayam
Personal Details
Born
:
27-Feb-1953
Priestly Ordination
:
27-Dec-1978
Episcopal Ordination
:
6-Jan-1999
Tel(P)
:
944743888
Email(P)
:
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Contact Details
Catholic Metropolitans’ House, P. B. 71, Kottayam - 686 001 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0481 - 2563527, 2563812, 2564256
Fax
:
0481 - 2563327
Email
:
cbhktym@hotmail.com,cbhktym@gmail.com
Website
:
www.kottayamdiocese.com
George Antonysamy
(Madras - Mylapore )
Most Rev. George Antonysamy
ARCHBISHOP OF MADRAS - MYLAPORE
Personal Details
Born
:
15-Feb-1952
Priestly Ordination
:
19-Nov-1980
Episcopal Ordination
:
21-Sep-2005
Tel(P)
:
07708062215, 08939941102 (Sec)
Email(P)
:
gasamy152@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, No. 41, San Thome High Road, Chennai - 600 004 (Tamil Nadu)
Tel(O)
:
044 - 24641102, 24640833
Email
:
abpmmsec@gmail.com
Bhaskar Jesuraj
(Madras - Mylapore )
Right Rev. Bhaskar Jesuraj
Bishop of Meerut
Personal Details
Born
:
11-Apr-1966
Priestly Ordination
:
21-Apr-1993
Episcopal Ordination
:
3-Mar-2024
Tel(P)
:
9457602810
Email(P)
:
bhaskarj11@gmail.com
Contact Details
Tel(O)
:
0121-2642790
Fax
:
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Email
:
mrtdiocese@gmail.com
Antony Pappusamy
(Madurai )
Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy
Archbishop of Madurai
Personal Details
Born
:
1-Oct-1949
Priestly Ordination
:
7-Jul-1976
Episcopal Ordination
:
4-Feb-1999
Tel(P)
:
(0)9443386761, (0)9443157114
Email(P)
:
bishopantonyp@yahoo.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, K. Pudur, Madurai - 625 007 (Tamil Nadu)
Tel(O)
:
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Fax
:
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Email
:
abssecretarymdu@gmail.com
Elias Gonsalves
(Nagpur )
Most Rev. Elias Gonsalves
Archbishop of Nagpur
Personal Details
Born
:
4-Jul-1961
Priestly Ordination
:
1-Apr-1990
Episcopal Ordination
:
29-Sep-2012
Tel(P)
:
0712-2550137,09869932641
Email(P)
:
eliasgonsalves4@gmail.com, archbishopnagpur@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Kamptee Road, Mohan Nagar, Nagpur - 440 001 (Maharashtra)
Tel(O)
:
0712-2533239
Email
:
nagpurarchdiocese@gmail.com
SEBASTIAN KALLUPURA
(Patna )
Most Rev. SEBASTIAN KALLUPURA
Archbishop of Patna
Personal Details
Born
:
14-Jul-1953
Priestly Ordination
:
14-May-1984
Episcopal Ordination
:
21-Jun-2009
Tel(P)
:
0612-2677711 (House),0612-2677717, 2677716,(0)8987684955
Email(P)
:
kallupuras@rediffmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Bankipur, Patna - 800 004 (Bihar)
Tel(O)
:
0612-2677711
Email
:
archbishoppatna@gmail.com
Francis kalist
(Pondicherry - Cuddalore )
Most Rev. Francis kalist
Archbishop of Pondicherry-Cuddalore
Personal Details
Born
:
23-Nov-1957
Priestly Ordination
:
30-Dec-1982
Episcopal Ordination
:
8-Feb-2009
Tel(P)
:
(0)9412500717
Email(P)
:
kalistfrancis@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop's House, 206,Cathedral Street, Pondicherry - 605 001
Tel(O)
:
0413-2334748,2339911
Fax
:
0413-4201503
Email
:
archbishop@archdiocesepondicherry.com , dioceseofpondy@gmail.com
Victor Henry Thakur
(Raipur )
Most Rev. Victor Henry Thakur
Archbishop of Raipur
Personal Details
Born
:
1-Jul-1954
Priestly Ordination
:
3-May-1984
Episcopal Ordination
:
11-Nov-1998
Tel(P)
:
(0)9479029177, (0)9098588887, (Secondary):08109147288
Email(P)
:
bishopvictor@rediffmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Byron Bazar, Raipur - 492 001 (Chhattisgarh)
Tel(O)
:
0771 - 4052429, 08109147288
Email
:
kbnivas@gmail.com
Vincent Aind
(Ranchi )
Most Rev. Vincent Aind
Archbishop of Ranchi
Personal Details
Born
:
30-Jan-1955
Priestly Ordination
:
30-Apr-1984
Episcopal Ordination
:
14-Jun-2015
Tel(P)
:
0651-2350684,(0)9433018522, (0)9163593540
Email(P)
:
2014vincy@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House,Dr. Camil Bulcke Path (Purulia Road),P. B. No. 5, Ranchi - 834 001, (Jharkhand)
Tel(O)
:
0651-2970708
Email
:
ranchiarchdiocese@gmail.com
Victor Lyngdoh
(Shillong )
Most Rev. Victor Lyngdoh
Archbishop of Shillong
Personal Details
Born
:
14-Jan-1956
Priestly Ordination
:
25-Jan-1987
Episcopal Ordination
:
2-May-2006
Tel(P)
:
(0)9436302665, (0)7005603470
Email(P)
:
lyngdohsad@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Shillong - 793 003 (Meghalaya)
Tel(O)
:
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Fax
:
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Email
:
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Mar Joseph Pamplany
(Tellicherry )
Most Rev. Mar Joseph Pamplany
Archbishop of Tellicherry
Personal Details
Born
:
11-Dec-1969
Priestly Ordination
:
30-Dec-1997
Episcopal Ordination
:
8-Nov-2017
Tel(P)
:
0490-2344977,09495335872
Email(P)
:
jpamplany@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Hollow Way Road, P. B. No. 70, Thalassery P. O. - 670 101 Kannur Dt. (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0490-241058
Email
:
diocese@archdioceseoftellicherry.org
Thomas Mar Koorilos
(Tiruvalla )
Most Rev. Thomas Mar Koorilos
Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla
Personal Details
Born
:
28-Mar-1959
Priestly Ordination
:
30-Dec-1985
Episcopal Ordination
:
17-Jul-1997
Tel(P)
:
9447047340
Email(P)
:
archbptvla@gmail.com
Contact Details
Archbishop’s House, Marygiri, P. B. No. 4, Tiruvalla - 689 101 Pathanamthitta District (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0469 - 2701319, 2730620, 2630419
Email
:
archtvla@gmail.com
Website
:
www.tiruvallaarchiocese.org
Andrews Thazhath
(Trichur )
Most Rev. Andrews Thazhath
Archbishop of Trichur
Personal Details
Born
:
13-Dec-1951
Priestly Ordination
:
14-Mar-1977
Episcopal Ordination
:
1-May-2004
Tel(P)
:
9447321599
Email(P)
:
athazhath@gmail.com
Contact Details
Catholic Archbishops House, Post Box No.706, Thrissur - 680005 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0487-2333542, 2338203
Email
:
curiatcr@gmail.com
Website
:
www.trichurarchdiocese.org
Thomas J Netto
(Trivandrum (Latin))
Most Rev. Thomas J. Netto
Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum
Personal Details
Born
:
29-Dec-1964
Priestly Ordination
:
19-Dec-1989
Episcopal Ordination
:
19-Mar-2022
Tel(P)
:
0471-2724001, (0)9447150080
Email(P)
:
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Contact Details
Latin Archbishop’s House, Vellayambalam, P. B. No. 805, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 003 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0471 - 2724001, 2724002,2724003
Fax
:
0471 - 2725001
Email
:
archbishoptrivandrum@gmail.com , absecretarytvm@gmail.com
Website
:
www.latinarchdiocesetrivandrum.org
Baselios Cardinal Cleemis (Thottunkal)
(Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara))
His Beatitude Baselios Cardinal Cleemis (Thottunkal)
Major Archbishop-Catholicos & Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
Personal Details
Born
:
15-Jun-1959
Priestly Ordination
:
11-Jun-1986
Episcopal Ordination
:
15-Aug-2001
Tel(P)
:
0471-2541331,09400050094
Email(P)
:
Baselioscleemis@gmail.com
Contact Details
Major Archbishop’s House, Pattom, Trivandrum - 695 004 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0471-2541642, 2541643
Email
:
catholicostvm@gmail.com
FELIX ANTHONY MACHADO
(Vasai )
Most Rev. FELIX ANTHONY MACHADO
Archbishop - Bishop of Vasai
Personal Details
Born
:
6-Jun-1948
Priestly Ordination
:
30-Oct-1976
Episcopal Ordination
:
8-Mar-2008
Tel(P)
:
07558537577,09158048872
Email(P)
:
archbp.48@gmail.com
Contact Details
Bishop’s House, Barampur, Vasai Road (W), Dist. Palghar - 401 202, (Maharashtra)
Tel(O)
:
0250-2380220,2383333
Email
:
vasaidiocese@gmail.com
Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil
(Verapoly )
Most Rev. Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil
Archbishop of Verapoly
Personal Details
Born
:
6-Oct-1952
Priestly Ordination
:
13-Mar-1978
Episcopal Ordination
:
19-May-2002
Tel(P)
:
09048612000
Email(P)
:
bishopkalathiparambil@gmail.com
Contact Details
Latin Archbishop’s House, P. B. No. 2581, Marine Drive Kochi - 682 031 (Kerala)
Tel(O)
:
0484 - 2372892, 2360988
Fax
:
0484 - 2360911
Email
:
curia.verapoly@gmail.com