The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda is an

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(

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diocese) of the

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, yet

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of the Latin Metropolitan

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. Its

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episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in

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, in

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state.

History

* It was created on 29 July 1968 as

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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 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati ( la, Amravaten(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Amravati in the Ecclesiastical province of Nagpur in India. History * 8 May 1955: Established as Diocese of Amravati from the Metropolitan Archdi ...

. * Promoted as Eparchy of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the

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''Nostra Ipsorum'' of

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, 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

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)

Ordinaries

;''Apostolic Exarch of Chanda''
Januarius Paul Palathuruthy

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(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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(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

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, 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

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