Eparchy of Belthangady
Belthangadien(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Belthangady, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Karnataka, India, erected on 24 April 1999 by Pope John Paul II. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Tellicherry, with the Cathedral of St. Lawrence in Belthangady as its seat. Its patron is Mar Thoma Sliha (St. Thomas the Apostle).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 24 April 1999
- Latin
- Belthangadien(sis)
- Patron
- Mar Thoma Sliha (St. Thomas the Apostle)
- Annuario code
- 001000880
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,000
- Population
- 3,816,295
- Catholic share
- 0.8%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 395
- Extent
- 12,543 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.4
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar James Patteril, C.M.F.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Lawrence, Belthangady stands in Belthangady, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tellicherry
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Tellicherry.
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of TellicherryTellicherry
- Eparchy of BhadravathiBhadravathi
- Eparchy of MananthavadyMananthavady
- Eparchy of MandyaMandya
- Eparchy of ThamarasserryThamarasserry
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
An Eastern Catholic eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Belthangady, India, this see was erected in 1999 by Pope John Paul II's bull "Cum Ampla", which named Mar Lawrence Mukkuzhi its first bishop [1999-2025]. It is suffragan to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry, and its present bishop is Mar James Patteril. The eparchy was established for the Syro-Malabar Christians of three Karnataka districts: Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Udupi.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop's House, Udayanagar, P.B. 13, P.O. Belthangady-574214, Dhakshina Kannada Dt., Karnataka, India
- Telephone
- [08256]232.439
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].