Jurisdiction: | Eparchy |
Adilabad | |
Local: | आदिलाबाद के सूबा |
Country: | India |
Area Km2: | 16,210 |
Population: | 2,741,239 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Catholics: | 16,403 |
Catholics Percent: | 0.6 |
Parishes: | 36 |
Denomination: | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Established: | 23 June 1999 |
Cathedral: | Holy Family Cathedral in Adilabad |
Patron: | St.Kuriakose Elias Chavara |
Priests: | 35 |
Major Archbishop: | Mar Raphael Thattil |
Bishop: | Antony Prince Panengaden |
Suffragan: | for one --> |
Archdeacon: | for one--> |
Emeritus Bishops: | Joseph Kunnath |
Map: | Map of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad.png |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad was created by Pope John Paul II on 23 July 1999. The first bishop, Mar Joseph Kunnath, CMI, was ordained bishop on 6 October 1999 at which time the diocese also was inaugurated.