Suffragan eparchy Bijnor, India
Eparchy of Bijnor
Biinoren(sis)
Syro-Malabar Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh, India, established as an apostolic exarchate on 23 March 1972 (bifurcated from the Diocese of Meerut) and elevated to eparchy on 26 February 1977. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Faridabad, with the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Kotdwar as its seat.
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- Established
- 1972
- Catholics
- 4,300
- Priests
- 83
- Territory
- 30,664 km²
Parishes and churches
28 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Joseph's Cathedral, KotdwarTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Abhishiktalaya ChurchUttarkashiView parish
- All Saints’ ChurchNewtehriView parish
- AllSaints’ChurchBhagirathipuramView parish
- Amal AshramGopeshwarView parish
- Carmel Ashram-CMIChambaView parish
- Holy Family ChurchLaldhangView parish
- Infant Jesus ChurchPabauView parish
- Infant Jesus Church Kotkadar POKotkadarView parish
- Jyoti Niwas ChurchJoshimathView parish
- KUSUMALAYAM CHURCHGhansaliView parish
- Little Flower ChurchSrinagarView parish
- MARY MATA ASHRAMChinyalisaurView parish
- Prem Dham ChurchDamdevalView parish
- Sacred Heart ChurchGholtirView parish
- Sanjo Bhavan ChurchKilkileshwarView parish
- St Joseph’s ChurchTimarpurView parish
- St Mary’s ChurchBarkotView parish
- St. Alphonsa’s ChurchVeerbhanwalaView parish
- St. John’s ChurchLansdowneView parish
- St. Joseph’s ChurchPurolaView parish
- ST. MARY’S CHURCHBhikkawalaView parish
- St. Mary’s ChurchNajibabadView parish
- St. Paul’s ChurchMandawarView parish
- St. Peter’s ChurchKiratpurView parish
- ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCHChandpurView parish
- St.Thomas’ChurchPauriView parish
- TERA PREM CHURCHBijnorView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Vincent Nellaiparambil
- Born
- 30 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Arippalam
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Kotdwar stands in Bijnor, 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.
History
In Uttarakhand, India, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church maintains the Eparchy of Bijnor. Its current eparch, Mar Vincent Nellaiparambil, was consecrated bishop on 1 November 2019. Across its 30,664 square kilometers the eparchy counts 49 mission stations, 25 schools, 16 health centres and dispensaries and 5 boarding houses, staffed by 61 priests, 212 religious sisters, and 28 diocesan brothers.