Eparchy of Saint Ephrem of Khadki
Sancti Ephraimi Khadkien(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malankara Church · Khadki, India
Syro-Malankara Catholic eparchy based at Khadki, Maharashtra, India, established as an apostolic exarchate on 26 March 2015 and elevated to eparchy on 23 November 2019. Immediately subject to the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, it serves Malankara-rite faithful across Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, with St. Mary's Cathedral in Khadki as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malankara Church
- Erected
- 2015
- Latin
- Sancti Ephraimi Khadkien(sis)
- Patron
- St. Ephrem
- Annuario code
- 001000332
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 7,370
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 491
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
- Mathews Mar Pachomios
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. Mary's Cathedral, Khadki stands in Khadki, 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
Erected by Pope Francis on 23 November 2019, the Syro-Malankara Catholic Eparchy of St. Ephrem of Khadki cares for the Syro-Malankara Catholics of Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Its pro-cathedral see stands in the town of Khadki, near Pune, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
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].