Jagdalpur diocese
| Jagdalpur diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Raipur |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Kollamparampil CMI |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Simon Stock Palathara CMI |
| founding | 1977 |
| surface | 39,176 km² |
| Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 2,743,630 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 6,449 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 60 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 90 |
| Friars | 86 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 260 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| Website | http://www.jagdalpurdiocese.org/ |
The Diocese of Jagdalpur ( Latin Dioecesis Iagdalpurensis ) is a diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church, which is united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Jagdalpur in India .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Exarchate Jagdalpur on March 23, 1972 with the Apostolic Constitution Indorum gentes historia from cession of territory of the Apostolic Prefecture Raipur .
With the Apostolic Constitution Nobismet ipsis it was raised to an eparchy on February 26, 1977 and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bhopal as a suffragan diocese. On November 11, 2002 it became a part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Raipur .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Exarch of Jagdalpur
- Paulinus Jeerakath CMI (March 23, 1972– February 26, 1977)
Bishops of Jagdalpur
- Paulinus Jeerakath CMI (February 26, 1977 - August 7, 1990)
- Simon Stock Palathara CMI (December 16, 1992 - July 16, 2013)
- Joseph Kollamparampil CMI (since July 16, 2013)