Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya

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Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya & Bangalore
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Mar Thoma Sliva which symbolizes the heritage and identity of the Syrian Church of Saint Thomas Christians
Location
CountryIndia
Ecclesiastical provinceTellicherry
MetropolitanSyro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry
Information
DenominationSyro-Malabar Church
Sui iuris churchSyro Malabar Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Major ArchbishopMar George Alencherry
BishopMar Sebastian Adayantharath
Metropolitan ArchbishopMar Joseph Pamplany
Vicar GeneralMathew Koikara
George Alluka
Map
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Website
www.mandyadiocese.org

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya is situated in Mandya city in Mandya district of Karnataka. The eparchy includes ten civil districts of Karnataka, namely Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ramanagara, Tumkur, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan. The most recent bishop of Mandya was Antony Kariyil, who was later appointed as the Metropolitan Vicar of the Major Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly with the personal title of Archbishop on August 30, 2019.[1] Infant Jesus Church, Henkel is the cathedral of the eparchy and the bishop's residence is at Kalenahalli, 6 km away from the city of Mandya.

History[edit]

The Eparchy of Mandya was created by bifurcating Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady. The eparchy is a suffragan eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. The eparchy was created by Major Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, by his decree on 18 January 2010. The eparchy has an area of 17,640 km2 with a total population of 44, 47,312 of which around 1,300 are Syro-Malabar Catholics.[2]

Fr. Antony Kariyil CMI appointed Bishop of Mandya. The territory of Mandya is extended to Bangalore. The appointment was announced on 26 August 2015 at Mt. St. Thomas Kakkanad. The canonical territory of Mandya diocese comprises four civil Districts of Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Hassan and in August 2015 it is extended to Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ramanagara and Tumkur.

Ordinaries[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Head of Syro-Malabar Church stripped of administrative responsibility in archdiocese".
  2. ↑ "Syro Malabar Church". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Dalle Chiese Orientali".
  4. ↑ "Mandya (Syro-Malabar Eparchy) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".

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