Eparchy of Bhadravathi
Bhadravathen(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Bhadravathi, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Karnataka, India, erected on 29 August 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Tellicherry, with Little Flower Cathedral in Narasimharajapura as its seat. Its patron is St. Joseph.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 29 August 2007
- Latin
- Bhadravathen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000896
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 9,391
- Population
- 1,709,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 188
- Extent
- 8,465 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Mar Joseph Erumachadath
- Born
- 10 April 1960
- Birthplace
- Erattayar
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE MISSIONARIA DEL SANTISSIMO SACRAMENTO (M.C.B.S.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Little Flower Cathedral, Narasimharajapura stands in Bhadravathi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tellicherry
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Tellicherry.
The sees of this province:
- Archeparchy of TellicherryTellicherry
- Eparchy of BelthangadyBelthangady
- Eparchy of MananthavadyMananthavady
- Eparchy of MandyaMandya
- Eparchy of ThamarasserryThamarasserry
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
By the Papal bull "Cum Ampla", Benedict XVI created the Eparchy of Bhadravathi as a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. Its territory takes in two civil districts of Karnataka State, Shimoga and Chikmagalur.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.