Syro-Malabar Diocese of

Adilabad

India India

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Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Adilabad / Adilabaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hyderabad

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

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

Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Born:1976.05.13 (Arimpur, India)
Ordained Priest:2007.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:2015.10.29

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

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

Born:1939.09.08 (Kodancherry, India)
Ordained Priest:1972.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:1999.10.06

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

Special Churches

Aurangabad (←), Amravati (↖), Chanda (↗), Warangal (↘), Hyderabad (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

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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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.13

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