Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur

Eparchy of Jagdalpur जगदलपुर के सूबा
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Archeparchy of Ujjain
Statistics
Area	39,176 km2 (15,126 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2009) 2,953,469 7,869 (0.3%)
Parishes	28
Information
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite	East Syriac Rite
Established	23 March 1972
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Joseph in Jagdalpur
Patron saint	Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Mar Leo XIV
Major Archbishop	Mar Raphael Thattil
Bishop	Mar Joseph Kollamparambil CMI
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mar Sebastian Vadakel MST
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Jagdalpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It came into existence when in 1977 it was raised to a diocese by Pope Paul VI by the Bull "Nobismetipsis" of 26 February, Mar Simon Stock Palathara 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 Kollamparambil CMI as the new bishop. ^[1]

References

1. "Appointments, 16/07/2013". www.vatican.va. Archived from the original on 17 July 2013.

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry