Diocese of Adilabad, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Name: Adilabad / Adilabaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hyderabad

1999.06.23: Established as Diocese of Adilabad / Adilabaden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chanda and became suffragan of Hyderabad)

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden (48)
(2015.08.06 – 2024.08.30)

Priest of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2007.04.25 – 2015.08.06)

Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2015.08.06 – 2024.08.30)

Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2024.08.30 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. (85)
(1999.06.23 – 2015.08.06)

Bishop emeritus of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1999.06.23 – 2015.08.06)

Area: 16,128 km²

Population: 18,000 Catholics (0.6% of 2,996,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 40 missions

Personnel: 97 priests (35 diocesan, 62 religious), 305 religious (77 brothers, 228 sisters), 15 seminarians

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