Diocese of Saint Ephrem of Khadki, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malankara (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saint Ephrem of Khadki (English) / Sancti Ephraimi Khadkien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trivandrum

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (↗), Puthur (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Ephrem the Syrian

History

2015.03.26: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (English) / Sancti Ephraimi Khadkien(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
2019.11.23: Promoted as Diocese of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (English) / Sancti Ephraimi Khadkien(sis) (Latin)
2020.09.21: Lost territory to Diocese of Marthandam and Diocese of Puthur and became suffragan of Trivandrum

Contact Info

Address: 51 BhauPatil Road, Near Pune IT Park, Bopodi 411 020, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Phone: +91 9145273369

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.12.12 – ...):

Bishop Mathai Kadavil, O.I.C. (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Bishop Mathai Kadavil, O.I.C. (62)
(2023.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Born:	1963.12.21 (Kannathunadu, India)
Ordained Priest:	1989.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.02.15

Superior General of Order of the Imitation of Christ (2021.01.27 – 2023.12.12)

Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2023.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.05.07 – 2023.12.12)

Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. (70)
(2019.11.23 – 2022.05.07)

Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Born:	1955.11.21 (Adoor, India)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.13

Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malankara (2010.01.25 – 2015.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Igilgili (2010.01.25 – 2019.11.23)

Apostolic Exarch of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2015.03.26 – 2019.11.23)

Bishop of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2019.11.23 – 2022.05.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Saint Ephrem of Khadki of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2022.05.07 – 2023.12.12)

Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2022.05.07 – ...)

Apostolic Exarchs of Saint Ephrem of Khadki (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. (70)
(2015.03.26 – 2019.11.23)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Malankara Cathedral of St. Mary, Khadki, Mahārāshtra

Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon (↗), Puthur (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 7,370 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 10 missions

Personnel: 15 priests (10 diocesan, 5 religious), 67 religious (18 brothers, 49 sisters), 19 seminarians

Syro-Malankara Diocese of

Saint Ephrem of Khadki