Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot explained

Jurisdiction:Eparchy
Rajkot
Local:राजकोट के सूबा Hindi
રાજકોટ ડાયોસિઝ Gujarati
Country:India
Territory:Saurashtra and Kutch
Area Km2:109,950
Population:16,025,000
Population As Of:2010
Catholics:13,000
Catholics Percent:0.1
Denomination:Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Cathedral:Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot
Patron:Sacred Heart of Jesus
Major Archbishop:Mar Raphael Thattil
Bishop:Mar Jose Chittooparambil CMI
Suffragan:for one -->
Archdeacon:for one-->
Emeritus Bishops:Mar Gregory Karotemprel Bishop Emeritus (1983-2010)
Map:Map of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot.png
Website:Website of the Diocese

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Rajkot is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was created by Pope Paul VI's Bull "De recta fidelium" in 1977, separating it from the Diocese of Ahmedabad. Its cathedral is Sacred Heart Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Rajkot.

History

On 16 July 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Mar Jose Chittooparambil as the bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy of Rajkot. The bishop-elect was born in 1954 in Neeleswaram, India, was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, and is currently Prior General of St. Xavier's Province in Rajkot. He succeeds bishop Mar Gregory Karotemprel, whose resignation the Pope accepted upon having reached the age limit. (All bishops of local churches, or dioceses, whose wider churches are in communion with the Pope, must submit their resignation for possible acceptance at age 75, though the resignations are usually only accepted later.)

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