Eparchy Mandya
| Eparchy Mandya | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Rite church | Syro-Malabar Church |
| Country | India |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Tellicherry Archeparchy |
| Diocesan bishop | Sebastian Adayanthrath (appointed) |
| founding | 2010 |
| Catholics | 85,100 ( 2016 ) |
| rite | Syro-Malabar |
| Liturgical language | Malayalam |
| address | Bishop's House, Jyothir Vikasa, Kalenahalli, Mandya, 571402 Karnataka, India |
| Website | http://www.idukkidiocese.org/ |
The Eparchy Mandya is an eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Church, united with the Roman Catholic Church, with its seat in Mandya in India . It includes the districts of Mandya , Mysore , Hassan and Chamrajnagar in the Indian state of Karnataka .
history
Pope Benedict XVI founded the eparch on January 15, 2010 from cessions of territory of the eparch Mananthavady and subordinated it to the Archparchy Tellicherry as a suffragan diocese . The first local ordinary was George Njaralakatt until August 29, 2014 .
Bishops
- George Njaralakatt (2010-2019), then Archbishop of Tellicherry
- Antony Kariyil CMI (2015-2019), then Vicar of the Grand Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
- Sebastian Adayanthrath (since 2019)
Web links
- Official site (English)
- Entry on Eparchy Mandya on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Eparchy Mandya on gcatholic.org (English)