Suffragan diocese Chandigarh, India
Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh
Simlen(sis) et Chandigarhen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and adjoining areas of north India, erected 4 June 1959 as the Diocese of Simla from the Archdiocese of Delhi and Simla, and renamed Simla and Chandigarh on 12 May 1964. A suffragan of Delhi, it is seated at the Cathedral of St Michael and St Joseph in Shimla with a co-cathedral in Chandigarh; the see is vacant pending the installation of a bishop-elect.
On the map
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- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 14,780
- Priests
- 148
- Territory
- 83,566 km²
Parishes and churches
35 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- CHRIST THE KING CHURCHTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- BASSI PATHANA MISSIONTown not recordedView parish
- BBLESSED JOSEPH VAZ CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- CHRIST THE KING CATHEDRALTown not recordedView parish
- CST. THOMAS’ CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- GONSALO GRACIA CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- GOOD SHEPHERD CHRUCHTown not recordedView parish
- HOLY FAMILY CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- HOLY REDEEMER CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- HOLY ROSARY CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- IMMACULATE HEART CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- INFANT JESUS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ISH MATA MANDIRTown not recordedView parish
- LA VERNA CATHOLIC CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- LITTLE FLOWER CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELPCHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- OUR LADY OF FATIMA CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- PATRAN – JAKHAL MISSIONTown not recordedView parish
- ST. ANNE’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. JAMES’ CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. JOHN’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. MARY MAGDALENE’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. MARY’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
- ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCHTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Sahaya Thatheus Thomas
- Born
- 6 November 1971
- Birthplace
- Chinnavilai
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St Michael and St Joseph, Shimla stands in Chandigarh, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Christ the King Co-Cathedral, Chandigarh.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The cities of Simla and Chandigarh give this Latin Catholic diocese (Latin: Simlen(sis) et Chandigarhen(sis)) its name and its seats; it lies within the ecclesiastical province of Delhi in India.