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Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Shamshabad
Marthoma Nazrani Eparchy of Shamshabad | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total | (as of 2017) 130,000[1] |
| Churches | 11 functional, 7 under construction, as of 2017 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite liturgy (Liturgy of Saints Addai and Mari[2] |
| Established | 10 October 2017 |
| Cathedral | St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Kukatpally (cathedral) |
| Patron saints | St. Thomas the Apostle and Saint John Paul II |
| Secular priests | 88 |
| Current leadership | |
| Major Archbishop | Metropolitan and Gate of all India Mar George Alencherry |
| Bishop | Raphael Thattil |
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The Marthoma Nazrani Eparchy of Shamshabad is an Eastern Catholic eparchy headquartered in Telangana, India, under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. It was established by Pope Francis on 10 October 2017, and Raphael Thattil was appointed its first bishop.[3] In a letter to the bishops of India, Francis cited India's decades of experience with "overlapping jurisdictions" of different sui iuris churches. He wrote: "With the growth of spiritual friendship and mutual assistance, any tension or apprehension should be swiftly overcome. May this extension of the pastoral area of the Syro-Malabar Church in no way be perceived as a growth in power and domination, but as a call to deeper communion, which should never be perceived as uniformity."[4]
The new jurisdiction was inaugurated with Thattil's installation on 7 January 2018.[5] The cathedral is the St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Kukatpally, in Greater Hyderabad.
There are 130,000 Catholics in the Shamshabad diocese with eleven functional churches and seven under construction.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New Eparchy of Shamshabad" (Press release). Syro-Malabar Church. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ "Circular - New Liturgical Texts of the Syro-Malabar Church::Syro Malabar News Updates".
- ↑ "Provisions for the Syro-Malabar Church, 10.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ "Letter of the Holy Father". Holy See Press Office. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Kerala church gets back all-India jurisdiction with Shamshabad diocese". The Indian Express. PTI. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.