Eparchy of Bijnor
Biinoren(sis)
Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Bijnor, India
Syro-Malabar Catholic eparchy in Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh, India, established as an apostolic exarchate on 23 March 1972 (bifurcated from the Diocese of Meerut) and elevated to eparchy on 26 February 1977. It is a suffragan of the Archeparchy of Faridabad, with the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Kotdwar as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan eparchy
- Tradition
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Erected
- 1972
- Latin
- Biinoren(sis)
- Patron
- São José
- Annuario code
- 001000902
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,300
- Population
- 3,488,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 52
- Extent
- 30,664 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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 Vincent Nellaiparambil
- Born
- 30 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Arippalam
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
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Kotdwar stands in Bijnor, 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 Faridabad
A suffragan of Archeparchy of Faridabad.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FaridabadFaridabad
- Eparchy of GorakhpurGorakhpur
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Uttarakhand, India, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church maintains the Eparchy of Bijnor. Its current eparch, Mar Vincent Nellaiparambil, was consecrated bishop on 1 November 2019. Across its 30,664 square kilometers the eparchy counts 49 mission stations, 25 schools, 16 health centres and dispensaries and 5 boarding houses, staffed by 61 priests, 212 religious sisters, and 28 diocesan brothers.
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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.