Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda explained

Jurisdiction:	Eparchy
Chanda
Local:	चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
Country:	India
Area Km2:	32,233
Population:	3,764,000
Population As Of:	2009
Catholics:	14,757
Catholics Percent:	0.4
Parishes:	6
Denomination:	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Established:	26 February 1977
Cathedral:	Cathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur
Patron:	St Thomas the Apostle
Major Archbishop:	Mar Raphael Thattil
Bishop:	Mar Ephrem Nariculam
Metro Archbishop:	Elias Gonsalves
Suffragan:	for one -->
Archdeacon:	for one-->
Map:	Map of Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda.png
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

• 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)

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarch of Chanda

• Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) (July 1968 – 26 February 1977 see below)

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]

External links

• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chanda
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chanda at Catholic-Hierarchy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 31 July 2014 . 9 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809200537/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2014/07/31/0547/01207.html . dead .