Eparchy of Chanda
Chandaën(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Chanda, India
The Eparchy of Chanda is a Syro-Malabar eparchy in eastern Maharashtra, India, established on 26 February 1977 and suffragan of the Archeparchy of Kalyan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 1977
- Latin
- Chandaën(sis)
- Patron
- St Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001104
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 14,757
- Population
- 3,764,000
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 155
- Extent
- 32,233 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
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 Ephrem Nariculam
- Born
- 10 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Sanjopuram
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 Thomas the Apostle, Ballarpur stands in Chanda, 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 Kalyan
A suffragan of Kalyan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KalyanKalyan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
An eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Chanda is suffragan to the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan. St. Thomas Cathedral in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state, serves as its cathedral episcopal see.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, Ballarpur P.O., Chandrapur Dt.-442701, Maharashtra, India
- Telephone
- 826.1095.343
- [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].