The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy ( Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite

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, yet

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of the Latin Metropolitan

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. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's

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state.

History

* It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda, a pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction, on then Latin territories, split off from its present Metropolitan, the

, and from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati. * Promoted as Eparchy of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the Bull ''Nostra Ipsorum'' of Pope Paul VI, promoting its Exarch to become the first Eparch (bishop). * Lost territory on 23 June 1999 to establish the

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(a suffragan of the Latin Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad)

Ordinaries

;''Apostolic Exarch of Chanda''
Januarius Paul Palathuruthy
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) ( July 1968 – 26 February 1977 ''see below'') ;''Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Chanda''
Januarius Palathuruthy
C.M.I. (see above, 26 February 1977 – retired 20 April 1990) * Ma
Vijay Anand Nedumpuram
C.M.I. (20 April 1990 – retired 31 July 2014), previously

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of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (1985 – 1990.04.20) * Mar Ephrem Nariculam (31 July 2014 – ...), of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, previously Chaplain of the Syro-Malabar Community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Coordinator of Priestly Formation at a Seminary and as a Lecturer in Theology in the city.

References

External links

Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chanda

at Catholic-Hierarchy {{DEFAULTSORT:Chanda, Eparchy Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses Christian organizations established in 1977 Christianity in Maharashtra 1977 establishments in Maharashtra