Eparchy of Chanda
Eastern Catholic eparchy in Maharashtra, India
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The Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.
Country
India
IndiaArea32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
- (as of 2009)
- 3,764,000
- 14,757 (0.4%)
Eparchy of Chanda चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Archeparchy of Kalyan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi) |
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| 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 | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Mar Raphael Thattil |
| Bishop | Mar Ephrem Nariculam |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal |
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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)
Prelates
Apostolic Exarch of Chanda
| Sl.no | Name | Designation | Year of appointment | Last year of service |
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| 1 | Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. | Apostolic Exarch | 1968 | 1977 |
Eparchs of Chanda