Diocese of Adilabad
| Diocese of Adilabad | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hyderabad |
| Diocesan bishop | Antony Prince Panengaden |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Kunnath CMI |
| founding | 1999 |
| surface | 16,210 km² |
| Parishes | 23 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 2,515,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 13,061 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 31 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 297 |
| Friars | 39 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 141 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| cathedral | Holy Family Cathedral |
The diocese of Adilabad ( Latin Dioecesis Adilabadensis ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Adilabad in India . The first local ordinary was Joseph Kunnath CMI from 1999 to 2015 .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius consulendum on June 23, 1999 from cession of territory to the Chanda eparchy and made it subject to the Archdiocese of Hyderabad as a suffragan diocese .
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Adilabad on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Adilabad on gcatholic.org (English)