Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, yet suffragan of the Latin Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur.
Eparchy of Chanda चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Nagpur |
Metropolitan | Nagpur |
Statistics | |
Area | 32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2009) 3,764,000 14,757 (0.4%) |
Parishes | 6 |
Information | |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Rite | East Syriac Rite |
Established | 26 February 1977 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur |
Patron saint | St Thomas the Apostle |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Mar George Alencherry |
Bishop | Mar Ephrem Nariculam |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Elias Gonsalves |
Website | |
Website of the Eparchy |
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state.
History
- It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda, a pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction, on then Latin territories, split off from its present Metropolitan, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur, and from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati.
- Promoted as Eparchy of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the Bull Nostra Ipsorum of Pope Paul VI, promoting its Exarch to become the first Eparch (bishop).
- Lost territory on 23 June 1999 to establish the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad (a suffragan of the Latin Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad)
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Exarch of Chanda
- Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) ( July 1968 – 26 February 1977 see below)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Chanda
- Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. (see above, 26 February 1977 – retired 20 April 1990)
- Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. (20 April 1990 – retired 31 July 2014), previously Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (1985 – 1990.04.20)
- Mar Ephrem Nariculam (31 July 2014 – ...), of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, previously Chaplain of the Syro-Malabar Community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Coordinator of Priestly Formation at a Seminary and as a Lecturer in Theology in the city.[1]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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