The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur is an

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eparchy in

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, under the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

. It came into existence when in 1977 it was raised to a diocese by

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by the Bull " Nobismetipsis" of 26 February, Mar

Simon Stock Palathara Mar Simon Stock Palathara CMI (11 October 1935 – 19 November 2022) was the second bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the ...

CMI was ordained and installed as the second Bishop of Jagdalpur. On 2013 July 16, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Mar Simon Stock Palathara, CMI and appointed Mar Joseph Kollamparampil as the new bishop.

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Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses Christian organizations established in 1977 Christianity in Chhattisgarh 1977 establishments in Madhya Pradesh {{EasternCatholic-diocese-stub