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Syro-Malabar Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Ujjain

India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ujjain / Uiiainen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Jagdalpur, Sagar, Satna

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus

History

1968.07.29: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Ujjain / Uiiainen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Indore and became suffragan of Bhopal)
1977.02.26: Promoted as Diocese of Ujjain / Uiiainen(sis) (Latin)
2025.08.28: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain / Uiiainen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Jagdalpur, Sagar and Satna and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.08.28 – ...):

Archbishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. (73)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Archbishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. (73)
(2025.08.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Born:	1952.10.07 (Vilakumadam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1979.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.08

Bishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1998.04.04 – 2025.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishops of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T. (73) (later Archbishop)
(1998.04.04 – 2025.08.28)

(see above)

Bishop John Perumattam, M.S.T.
(1977.02.26 – 1998.04.04)

Born:	1921.11.03 (Kakkoor, India)
Ordained Priest:	1951.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.15
Died:	2011.06.18 († 89)

Apostolic Exarch of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1968.07.29 – 1977.02.26)

Bishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.02.26 – 1998.04.04)

Apostolic Exarchs of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Fr. John Perumattam, M.S.T. (later Bishop)
(1968.07.29 – 1977.02.26)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

Jhabua (↙), Bhopal (→), Indore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,441 km²

Population: 4,550 Catholics (0.1% of 6,600,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 96 priests (45 diocesan, 51 religious), 387 religious (108 brothers, 279 sisters), 15 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.23

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