Bishop: Most Rev. Dr. J. G. Vazhan Arasu
Date of Birth: 13.06.1967
Date of Priestly Ordination: 12.05.1996
Date of Bishop Elect: 13.01.2024
Ordination as the Bishop of Jabalpur: 08.04.2024
Date of Birth: 13.06.1967
Date of Priestly Ordination: 12.05.1996
Date of Bishop Elect: 13.01.2024
Ordination as the Bishop of Jabalpur: 08.04.2024
Inauguration of Jubilee Year of Hope 2025
The Diocese of Jabalpur solemnly inaugurated the Jubilee Year of Hope 2025 on 29th December 2024 at Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral Church, Jabalpur. The program consisted of Inaugural ceremony in-front of St. Joseph Sr. Secondary school, procession in which the Mono and Banner of the Jubilee year was graciously carried to Cathedral Church and then the Solemn Eucharist which ended with the recitation of the Jubilee prayer. Read More...
History of Diocese of Jabalpur:
Arrival of the first Roman Catholics in Jabalpur. They were British officers and Tamils from the Madras regiment. Their spiritual needs were met by the Irish Secular Priests of the Madras Vicariate since Jabalpur was under the jurisdiction of Madras Vicariate then. Jabalpur was an out station of Kamptee then.
16.3.1845: Vishakhapatnam was erected Pro-Vicariate bifurcating it from the Madras Vicariate and the Jurisdiction was handed over to the missionaries of St. Francis De Sales of Annecy, France. Jabalpur becomes part of Vishakhapatnam and so the spiritual needs of the Roman Catholics from then on begin to be met the MSFS Priests. Read More...
Arrival of the first Roman Catholics in Jabalpur. They were British officers and Tamils from the Madras regiment. Their spiritual needs were met by the Irish Secular Priests of the Madras Vicariate since Jabalpur was under the jurisdiction of Madras Vicariate then. Jabalpur was an out station of Kamptee then.
16.3.1845: Vishakhapatnam was erected Pro-Vicariate bifurcating it from the Madras Vicariate and the Jurisdiction was handed over to the missionaries of St. Francis De Sales of Annecy, France. Jabalpur becomes part of Vishakhapatnam and so the spiritual needs of the Roman Catholics from then on begin to be met the MSFS Priests. Read More...