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Diocese of Chanda

Rite:

Syro-Malabar

Population:

3620160

Status:

Diocese

Catholics:

12749

Founded:

00:00.0

Diocesan Priests:

Total area:

14015 sq kms

Religious Priests:

Province:

Nagpur

Religious Sisters:

484

Region:

Western

Seminarians:

Patron:

StThomas the Apostle

Languages:

Marathi Hindi Telugu Tribal dialects

Civil States:

Warda Chandrapur Gadchiroli

Contact Diocese Office :

Prabhu Sadan Tarsa Vittalwada PO - 442 702 Chandrapur Dist (MAHARASHTRA)

Telephone 1:

07172-24 27 29 24 05 37 / 24 27 29

Fax:

24 27 29

E-Mail Office:

bishopchanda@gmailcom

Website:

Most Rev Ephrem Nariculam, Bishops of Chanda

Name:

Most Rev Ephrem Nariculam

Designation:

Bishops

Canonical Possession:

2004-

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Other Present & Retired Ordinaries of the Diocese of Chanda

Bishops Name	Designation	Period
	Retired	1990-2014

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History of the Diocese of Chanda

Pope John XXIII established the first Syro-Malabar Ordinariate of Chanda on 31 March 1962 with Msgr Januarius Palathuruthy CMI as its first Ecclesiastical Superior with the faculties of Apostolic Exarch It was carved out from the Archdiocese of Nagpur The ƒ--Ordinariateƒ- was raised to the status of an Apostolic Exarchate on 29 July 1968 and Msgr Januarius was made its Apostolic Exarch On 26 February 1997 Pope Paul VI raised it to the status of a Diocese and Msgr Januarius was appointed its first bishop It comprises the civil districts of Wardha Chandrapur and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra state and Adilabad in Andra Pradesh On 3 July 1990 Mar Vijay Anand Nedumpuram CMI succeeded Bishop Januarius as its second Bishop On 28 March 1995 Bishop Januarius was called to his eternal rest The civil district of Adilabad was bifurcated from the Diocese of Chanda and the new Diocese of Adilabad was established in 1999

Prelates of the Diocese of Chanda

Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period	Bishops Name	Prelate's Status	Period
	Bishop	1962-1990