Ecclesiastical Details

Diocese of Ujjain
Heirarchy of the Diocese
Rite:
 Syro-Malabar
Population:
 5,045,491
 
Status:
 Diocese
Catholics:
4000
 
Founded:
 29-Jul-68
Diocesan Priests:
 41
  Total area:
24702 Sq. km
Religious Priests:
 55
 
Province:
Bhopal
Religious Sisters:
 268
 
Region:
Madhya Pradesh
Seminarians:
 11
  Patron:
St. Paul
  Languages: Hindi Malwi Urdu
  Civil States: Madhya Pradesh: Ujjain Shajapur and Rajgarh
Contact Diocese Office :
 Bishop's House Post Box No. 234 Ujjain 456 010 M. P.
Telephone 1:
 0734-25 15 970 / 25 13 201
Fax:
25 13 201
 
E-Mail Office:
Website:
 
Most Rev. Sebastian Vadakkel MST, Bishops of Ujjain
Name:
 Most Rev. Sebastian Vadakkel MST
Designation:
 Bishops   Canonical Possession: 1998-
Telephone (P):
E-mail (P):
 
Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Ujjain
 
Pilgrim Centres in theDiocese of Ujjain
 
Ecclesiastical Institutions
  
Social / Charitable Institutions / Care Centres
Educational Institutions
Parishes:
41
  
Hospitals:
3
    
Degree Colleges:
Major Seminaries:
1
  
Orphanages:
17
    
Technical Training Centres:
Minor Seminaries:
2
  
Special Schools:
9
    
High Schools:
19
Monastries:
 
Crèches:
   
Lower Primary Schools:
1
Convents:
59
  
Counselling Centres:
1
    
Presses & Media Centres:
1
Formation Houses:
 
Social Centres:
1
    
Professional Colleges:
Retreat Centres:
1
  
Dispensaries / Clinics:
8
    
Parallel Colleges:
 
Physically Challenged:
   
Higher Secondary :
12
       
Boarding Houses:
19
    
Upper Primary Schools:
10
       
HIV / AIDS Centres:
1
    
Nurseries/Pre-Primary :
32
       
De-addiction Centres:
       
          Aged & Destitute: 3        
     
       
History of the Diocese of Ujjain
  

The Exarchate of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabar Rite was erected by Pope Paul VI on July 29 1968 by the Papal Bull "Apostolicum Munus" and entrusted to the Missionary Society of St. Thomas the Apostle of the Syro - Malabar Church.


It consists of three civil districts of M.P. - Ujjain Shajapur and Raigarh dismembered from the Diocese of Indore. Msgr John Perumattam was nominated the first Exarch of Ujjain. By the Papal Bull "Qui Divino Consilio" of Pope Pius VI dated February 26 1977 the Exarchate of Ujjain was erected as diocese and the Exarch Msgr John Perumattam was appointed its First Bishop.
 
Prelates of the Diocese of Ujjain
Bishops NamePrelate's StatusPeriodBishops NamePrelate's StatusPeriod
Bishop 1977-1998