Eparchy of Mandya

Mandien(sis)

Suffragan eparchy · Syro-Malabar Church · Mandya, India

Syro-Malabar (East Syriac rite) eparchy in Karnataka, India, suffragan of the Archeparchy of Tellicherry. Created 18 January 2010 by bifurcating the Eparchy of Mananthavady. Its seat is the Infant Jesus Cathedral.

The see

Rank: Suffragan eparchy
Tradition: Syro-Malabar Church
Erected: 18 January 2010
Latin: Mandien(sis)
Patron: Santa Mãe Maria
Annuario code: 001002138

The see in figures

Catholics: 91,900
Priests: 298
Catholics per priest: 308
Extent: 90,160 km²
Catholics per km²: 1.0

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 Sebastian Adayanthrath
Born: 5 April 1957
Birthplace: Vaikom

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

Infant Jesus Cathedral stands in Mandya, 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 Tellicherry.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.