Diocese of Adilabad, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Adilabad / Adilabaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Shamshabad

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

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara

History

1999.06.23: Established as Diocese of Adilabad / Adilabaden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chanda and became suffragan of Hyderabad)
2025.08.28: Gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad and became suffragan of Shamshabad

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.08.28 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I. (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I. (57)
(2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Born:	1969.02.24 (Nalumukku, India)
Ordained Priest:	1997.01.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.10.25

Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishop Prince Panengadan Devassy (49) (later Archbishop)
(Archiepiscopal Administrator 2024.11.10 – 2025.08.28)

Bishop Prince Panengadan Devassy (49) (later Archbishop)
(2015.08.06 – 2024.08.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop 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 – 2025.08.28)

Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2024.11.10 – 2025.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2025.08.28 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. (86)
(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

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Family, Adilabad, Telangāna

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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