Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda

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Eparchy of Chanda

चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
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Location
CountryFlag of India.svg India
Ecclesiastical province Archeparchy of Kalyan
Statistics
Area32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2009)
  • 3,764,000
  • 14,757 (0.4%)
Parishes6
Information
Denomination Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite East Syriac Rite
Established26 February 1977
CathedralCathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur
Patron saint St Thomas the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Major ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
BishopMar Ephrem Nariculam
Metropolitan ArchbishopMar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
Map
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Website
Website of the Eparchy

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, yet suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.

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

History

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarch of Chanda
Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Chanda

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)