Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Shamshabad

The Eparchy of Shamshabad is a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Telangana, India. It was established by Pope Francis on 10 October 2017, and Raphael Thattil was appointed its first bishop.[3] In a letter to the bishops of India, Francis cited India's decades of experience with "overlapping jurisdictions" of different sui iuris churches. He wrote: "With the growth of spiritual friendship and mutual assistance, any tension or apprehension should be swiftly overcome. May this extension of the pastoral area of the Syro-Malabar Church in no way be perceived as a growth in power and domination, but as a call to deeper communion, which should never be perceived as uniformity."[4]

Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Shamshabad
Location
CountryIndia
Statistics
Population
- Total		(as of 2017)
130,000[1]
Churches11 functional, 7 under construction, as of 2017
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite[2]
Established10 October 2017
CathedralSt. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Kukatpally (cathedral)
Secular priests88
Current leadership
Major ArchbishopMetropolitan and Gate of all India Mar George Alencherry
BishopMar Raphael Thattil
Auxiliary BishopsMar Joseph Kollamparambil and Mar Thomas Padiyath
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The new jurisdiction was inaugurated with Thattil's installation on 7 January 2018.[5] The cathedral is the St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Kukatpally, in Greater Hyderabad.

There are 130,000 Catholics in the Shamshabad diocese with eleven functional churches and seven under construction.[1]

Auxiliary Bishops

References
  1. "New Eparchy of Shamshabad" (Press release). Syro-Malabar Church. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. "Circular - New Liturgical Texts of the Syro-Malabar Church::Syro Malabar News Updates".
  3. "Provisions for the Syro-Malabar Church, 10.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. "Letter of the Holy Father". Holy See Press Office. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  5. "Kerala church gets back all-India jurisdiction with Shamshabad diocese". The Indian Express. PTI. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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