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 Latin Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur.
Eparchy of Chanda चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश | |
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Location | |
Country | India |
Ecclesiastical province | Nagpur |
Metropolitan | Nagpur |
Statistics | |
Area | 32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2009) 3,764,000 14,757 (0.4%) |
Parishes | 6 |
Information | |
Denomination | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
Rite | East Syriac Rite |
Established | 26 February 1977 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur |
Patron saint | St Thomas the Apostle |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Major Archbishop | Mar Raphael Thattil |
Bishop | Mar Ephrem Nariculam |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Elias Gonsalves |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Eparchy |
Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state.
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