Bhadravathi Eparchy
Bhadravathi Eparchy | |
Basic data | |
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Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
Country | India |
Metropolitan bishopric | Tellicherry Archeparchy |
Diocesan bishop | Joseph Erumachadath MCBS |
founding | 2007 |
surface | 10,553 km² |
Residents | 3,150,000 ( 2018 ) |
Catholics | 9,873 ( 2018 ) |
proportion of | 0.3% |
rite | Syro-Malabar |
Liturgical language | Malayalam |
cathedral | Little Flower Cathedral |
Website | http://bhadravathidiocese.blogspot.com/ |
The Eparchy Bhadravathi ( Latin Eparchia Bhadravathensis ) is an eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church with its seat in Bhadravathi in India, united with the Roman Catholic Church . It includes the districts of Chikmagalur and Shimoga in the Indian state of Karnataka .
history
Pope Benedict XVI founded the eparch on August 29, 2007 from cession of territory of the eparch Mananthavady and subordinated it to the Archparchy Tellicherry as a suffragan diocese . The local ordinary Joseph Erumachadath has been MCBS since its inception .