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Eparchy of Rajkot राजकोट के सूबाHindi રાજકોટ ડાયોસિઝGujarati | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  India |
| Territory | Saurashtra and Kutch |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Kalyan |
| Coordinates | 22°16′33.6″N70°45′28.4″E / 22.276000°N 70.757889°E /22.276000; 70.757889 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 109,950 km2 (42,450 sq mi) |
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| Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot |
| Patron saint | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | MarRaphael Thattil |
| Bishop | MarJose Chittooparambil CMI |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal |
| Bishops emeritus | Mar Gregory KarotemprelBishop Emeritus (1983-2010) |
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TheEparchy of Rajkot is anEastern Catholiceparchy inIndia under theSyro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was created byPope Paul VI'sBull "De recta fidelium" in 1977, separating it from theDiocese of Ahmedabad. Itscathedral isSacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot. From 28th of August 2025 decreed by the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church, it is a suffragan Eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.
On 16 July 2010,Pope Benedict XVI named Mar Jose Chittooparambil as the bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Rajkot. The bishop-elect was born in 1954 in Neeleswaram, India, was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, and is currently Prior General of St. Xavier's Province in Rajkot. He succeeds bishop Mar Gregory Karotemprel, whose resignation the Pope accepted upon having reached the age limit. (All bishops of local churches, or dioceses, whose wider churches are in communion with the Pope, must submit their resignation for possible acceptance at age 75, though the resignations are usually only accepted later.)
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