The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda is an
eparchy (
Eastern Catholic diocese) of the
East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ
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, yet
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of the Latin Metropolitan
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur ( la, Nagpuren(sis)) is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in central India, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Fr ...
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Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra 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
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur ( la, Nagpuren(sis)) is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in central India, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Fr ...
, and from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati.
* Promoted as Eparchy of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the Papal bull, 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 Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad (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 Prior General 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 Chandaat Catholic-Hierarchy
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Syro-Malabar Catholic dioceses
Christian organizations established in 1977
Christianity in Maharashtra
1977 establishments in Maharashtra