Eparchy of Chanda

Eparchy of Chanda

चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Archeparchy of Kalyan
Statistics
Area32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (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
PopeLeo XIV
Major ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
BishopMar Ephrem Nariculam
Metropolitan ArchbishopMar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
Map
Website
Website of the Eparchy

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.

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

History

Prelates

Apostolic Exarch of Chanda

Sl.no Name Designation Year of appointment Last year of service
1 Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. Apostolic Exarch 1968 1977

Eparchs of Chanda

Sl.no Name Designation Year of appointment Last year of service
1 Mar Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. Bishop 1977 1990
2 Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. Bishop 1990 2014
3 Mar Ephrem Nariculam Bishop 2014 Present

References