Eparchy of Bhadravathi
Bhadravathen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Bhadravathi, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Karnataka, India, erected on 29 August 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Tellicherry, with Little Flower Cathedral in Narasimharajapura as its seat. Its patron is St. Joseph.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 29 August 2007
- Latin
- Bhadravathen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000896
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 9,391
- Population
- 1,709,000
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 188
- Extent
- 8,465 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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 Joseph Erumachadath
- Born
- 10 April 1960
- Birthplace
- Erattayar
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE MISSIONARIA DEL SANTISSIMO SACRAMENTO (M.C.B.S.)
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
Little Flower Cathedral, Narasimharajapura stands in Bhadravathi, 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 BelthangadyBelthangady
- Eparchy of MananthavadyMananthavady
- Eparchy of MandyaMandya
- Eparchy of ThamarasserryThamarasserry
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
By the Papal bull "Cum Ampla", Benedict XVI created the Eparchy of Bhadravathi as a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. Its territory takes in two civil districts of Karnataka State, Shimoga and Chikmagalur.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].