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Eparchy of Jagdalpur

Iagdalpuren(sis)

Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy based in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, India, within the province of Ujjain. Established as an exarchate on 23 March 1972 and raised to an eparchy by Pope Paul VI on 26 February 1977. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Joseph in Jagdalpur.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Syro-Malabar Church
Erected
1972
Latin
Iagdalpuren(sis)
Patron
Saint Joseph
Annuario code
001001709

The see in figures

Catholics
7,869
Population
2,953,469
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
0.3%
Priests
93
Catholics per priest
85
Extent
39,176 km²
Catholics per km²
0.2

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 Kollamparampil, CMI

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

St Joseph Cathedral, Jagdalpur stands in Jagdalpur, 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 Ujjain

A suffragan of Ujjain.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Under the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the Eparchy of Jagdalpur is an Eastern Catholic eparchy in India. It came into being in 1977, when Pope Paul VI raised it to a diocese by the Bull "Nobismetipsis" of 26 February; Mar Simon Stock Palathara CMI was ordained and installed as the second Bishop of Jagdalpur. On 2013 July 16, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Mar Simon Stock Palathara, CMI and named Mar Joseph Kollamparambil CMI the new bishop.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.