Eparchy of Chanda

The Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.

Eparchy of Chanda चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
Location
Country	India
Ecclesiastical province	Archeparchy of Kalyan
Statistics
Area	32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2009) 3,764,000 14,757 (0.4%)
Parishes	6
Information
Denomination	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Rite	East Syriac Rite
Established	26 February 1977
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur
Patron saint	St Thomas the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Major Archbishop	Mar Raphael Thattil
Bishop	Mar Ephrem Nariculam
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
Map
Website
Website of the Eparchy

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state.

History

• It was created on 29 July 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate of Chanda, a pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction, on then Latin territories, split off from its present Metropolitan, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagpur, and from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amravati.
• Promoted as Eparchy of Chanda on 26 February 1977 by the Bull Nostra Ipsorum of Pope Paul VI, promoting its Exarch to become the first Eparch (bishop).
• Lost territory on 23 June 1999 to establish the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Adilabad (a suffragan of the Latin Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad)

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarch of Chanda

• Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) ( July 1968 – 26 February 1977 see below)

Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Chanda

• Januarius Palathuruthy, C.M.I. (see above, 26 February 1977 – retired 20 April 1990)
• Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I. (20 April 1990 – retired 31 July 2014), previously Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (1985 – 1990.04.20)
• Mar Ephrem Nariculam (31 July 2014 – ...), of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly, previously Chaplain of the Syro-Malabar Community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Coordinator of Priestly Formation at a Seminary and as a Lecturer in Theology in the city.^[1]