Sulthan Bathery Orthodox Diocese

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Diocese of Sulthan Bathery
Orthodox
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Location
Country India
Territory Wayanad
MetropolitanH. G. Geevarghese Mar Barnabas
HeadquartersNirmalagiri Aramana, Poomala, S. Bathery P.O, Wayanad- 673 592
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Rite Malankara Rite
Established1986
DioceseSulthan Bathery Diocese
Parent church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Website
Sulthan Bathery Diocese


Sulthan Batheri Diocese is one of the 32 dioceses of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. The diocese was created in 1986. H. G. Geevarghese Mar Barnabas is the Metropolitan of the diocese. The head office is located in Nirmalagiri Aramana, Poomala, Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad [1]

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History

This diocese was formed in 1986 by organizing churches in Wayand, Kannur and Nilagiri district. It was formerly the part of Malabar Diocese. In the beginning, the diocese was directly under the control of Baselios Marthoma Mathews. [2] Mathai Nooranal became the administrator. In 1991 Kuriakose Clemis became the metropolitan of Diocese. The Headquarters of the dioceses is situated near Kozhikodu- Mysore national Highway. It is 300 m away from Sulthan Bathery town. In 2009, Abraham Ephipanios became the metropolitan. As of 2022, there are 48 churches under the Diocese. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sulthan Bathery Diocese". mosc.in. Indian Orthodox ZChurch.
  2. ↑ "History of Sulthan Bathery Diocese". mosc.in. Indian Orthodox ZChurch.
  3. ↑ "History of Sulthan Bathery Diocese". mosc.in. Indian Orthodox ZChurch.


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