Diocese of Sagar |
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Rite: |
Syro-Malabar | Population: |
4,538,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: |
Diocese | Catholics: |
7225 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founded: |
26-Feb-77 | Diocesan Priests: |
56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total area: | 21099 |
Religious Priests: |
18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Province: |
Bhopal |
Religious Sisters: |
267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Region: |
Madhya Pradesh |
Seminarians: |
13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patron: | Little Flower |
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| Languages: | Hindi Urdu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Civil States: | Madhya Pradesh: Sagar Raisen Vidisha Ashoknagar and Guna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contact Diocese Office : |
Bishop's House Post Box No. 32 Sagar Cantt: - 470001 MADHYA PRADESH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Telephone 1:
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07582-22 26 33 / 22 21 75 | Fax: |
22 21 75 |
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E-Mail Office: |
sagardiocese@yahoo.com (O) | Website: |
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Most Rev. James Athikkalam MST, Bishops of Sagar |
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Name: |
Most Rev. James Athikkalam MST | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Designation: |
Bishops | Canonical Possession: | 2018- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ecclesiastical Institutions |
Social / Charitable Institutions / Care Centres |
Educational Institutions |
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Parishes: |
41 |
Hospitals: |
1 |
Degree Colleges: |
1 |
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Major Seminaries: |
Orphanages: |
1 |
Technical Training Centres: |
3 |
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Minor Seminaries: |
2 |
Special Schools: |
1 |
High Schools: |
3 |
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Monastries: |
Crèches: |
Lower Primary Schools: |
1 |
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Convents: |
55 |
Counselling Centres: |
Presses & Media Centres: |
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Formation Houses: |
6 |
Social Centres: |
17 |
Professional Colleges: |
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Retreat Centres: |
1 |
Dispensaries / Clinics: |
3 |
Parallel Colleges: |
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Physically Challenged: |
Higher Secondary : |
19 |
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Boarding Houses: |
17 |
Upper Primary Schools: |
7 |
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HIV / AIDS Centres: |
1 |
Nurseries/Pre-Primary : |
1 |
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De-addiction Centres: |
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| Aged & Destitute: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History of the Diocese of Sagar |
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The Diocese of Sagar was first canonically erected on July 29 1968 as Apostolic Exarchate by the decree "Quo Aptius" which detached the civil districts of Sagar Raisen and Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh from the Archdiocese of Bhopal. It was then entrusted to the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
By another decree "De Bono Animarum" on April 2 1973 the civil district of Guna in Madhya Pradesh which formerly belonged to the Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur was attached to the then Exarchate by the Sacred Congregation for Oriental Churches.
On February 26 1977 by the Papal Bull "Divina Verba" of Pope Paul VI the Exarchate of Sagar was raised to a Diocese and Msgr Clemens Thottungal was appointed its First Bishop.
On his retirement Bp Joseph Pastor Neelankavil cmi was appointed the second bishop of Sagar by the Papal Bull "Resonant Saepenumero". He was ordained and installed Bishop on February 22 1987.
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