Christianity in Maharashtra

Christianity In Maharashtra

Christianity is a minority religion in Maharashtra, a state of India. Most people in Maharashtra are Hindus, Christian adherents being 3% of the population. The Roman Catholic archdiocese whose seat is in Maharastra is Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay. There are two different Christian ethnic communities in Maharashtra: one is East Indians who are predominantly Roman Catholic and another is Marathi Christians, predominantly Protestant with a small Roman Catholic population. The majority of Christians in Maharashtra are Roman Catholics, who are mainly concentrated in coastal Maharashtra, specially Thane, Mumbai, Raigad and are known as East Indians. Protestants, who reside in some parts of Maharashtra, being Ahmednagar, Solapur, Pune Aurangabad and Jalna are called Marathi Christians. The Church of North India has dioceses in the state and is a large Protestant church with full communion with the Anglican Church.