Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syrian Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, yet suffragan of the Latin Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Balharshah, in Central 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, and from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati.
• Promoted as Diocese of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the 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 1990.04.20)
• Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. (1990.04.20 – retired 2014.07.31), previously Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (1985 – 1990.04.20)
• Mar Ephrem Nariculam (2014.07.31 – ...), 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.^[1]

Sources and External links

• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chanda
• GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chanda at Catholic-Hierarchy

Notes and References

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church hierarchy
Major Archeparchy	Ernakulam-Angamaly
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Exarchate	Canada
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