Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda

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Eparchy of Chanda

चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical provinceNagpur
MetropolitanNagpur
Statistics
Area32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2009)
3,764,000
14,757 (0.4%)
Parishes6
Information
DenominationSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Established26 February 1977
CathedralCathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur
Patron saintSt Thomas the Apostle
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopMar George Alencherry
BishopMar Ephrem Nariculam
Metropolitan ArchbishopElias Gonsalves
Website
Website of the Eparchy

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.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state.

History[]

Ordinaries[]

Apostolic Exarch of Chanda
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]

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