Eparchy of Jagdalpur
Iagdalpuren(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Jagdalpur, India
Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy based in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India, within the province of Ujjain. Established as an exarchate on 23 March 1972 and raised to an eparchy by Pope Paul VI on 26 February 1977. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph in Jagdalpur.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 1972
- Latin
- Iagdalpuren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001709
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,869
- Population
- 2,953,469
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 85
- Extent
- 39,176 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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 Kollamparampil, CMI
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
St Joseph Cathedral, Jagdalpur stands in Jagdalpur, 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 Ujjain
A suffragan of Ujjain.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of UjjainUjjain
- Eparchy of SatnaSatna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Eparchy of Jagdalpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India. It came into being in 1977, when Pope Paul VI raised it to a diocese by the Bull "Nobismetipsis" of 26 February; Mar Simon Stock Palathara CMI was ordained and installed as the second Bishop of Jagdalpur. On 2013 July 16, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Mar Simon Stock Palathara, CMI and named Mar Joseph Kollamparambil CMI the new bishop.
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].