Eparchy of Chanda
| Eparchy of Chanda | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Nagpur Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Ephrem Nariculam |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Vijay Anand Nedumpuram CMI |
| founding | 1977 |
| surface | 32,233 km² |
| Parishes | 5 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 3,659,415 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 13,612 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 40 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 220 |
| Friars | 277 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 352 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| cathedral | St. Thomas Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.chandadiocese.com/ |
The Eparchy Chanda ( Latin Eparchia Chandaensis ) is an eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church with its seat in Chanda , India, united with the Roman Catholic Church . It includes the districts of Wardha , Chandrapur and Gadchiroli in the Indian state of Maharashtra .
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Exarchate Chanda on July 29, 1968 from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Amravati and the Archdiocese of Nagpur , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
With the Apostolic Constitution Nostra ipsorum it was elevated to an eparchy on February 26, 1977. It lost part of the territory on June 23, 1999 to the Adilabad diocese .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Exarch of Chanda
- Januarius Paul Palathuruthy CMI (1962 - February 26, 1977)
Bishops of Chanda
- Januarius Paul Palathuruthy CMI (February 26, 1977 - April 20, 1990)
- Vijay Anand Nedumpuram CMI (April 20, 1990– July 31, 2014)
- Ephrem Nariculam (since July 31, 2014)