Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Shamshabad

Eparchy of Shamshabad
Location
Country India
Statistics
Population
- Catholics
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 and Mar Theodore of Mopsuestia)
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
Pope Francis
Bishop Raphael Thattil
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The Syro-Malabar Catholic 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.[2] 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."[3]

The new jurisdiction was inaugurated with Thattil's installation on 7 January 2018.[4] The cathedral is the St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church at Kukatpally, in Greater Hyderabad.

There are 1.3 lakh Catholics in the Shamshabad diocese with 11 functional churches and seven under construction.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Eparchy of Shamshabad" (Press release). Syro-Malabar Church. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Provisions for the Syro-Malabar Church, 10.10.2017" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Letter of the Holy Father". Holy See Press Office. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kerala church gets back all-India jurisdiction with Shamshabad diocese". The Indian Express. PTI. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.


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