Diocese of Satna, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Satna / Satnen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bhopal

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Vincent de Paul

History

1968.07.29: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Satna / Satnen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Jabalpur and became suffragan of Bhopal)
1977.02.26: Promoted as Diocese of Satna / Satnen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.07.22 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Kodakallil (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Satna (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Joseph Kodakallil (58)
(2015.07.22 – ...)

Bishop of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Born:	1965.12.18 (Upputhode, India)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.09.15

Priest of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1991.12.31 – 2015.07.22)

Bishop of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2015.07.22 – ...)

Bishop Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. (78)
(1999.12.18 – 2014.08.27)

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

Born:	1945.12.23 (Kaithappara, India)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.04.12

Bishop of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1999.12.18 – 2014.08.27)

Bishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V.
(1977.02.26 – 1999.12.18)

Born:	1922.11.21 (Narianganam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1950.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.30
Died:	2019.04.16 (Kochi, India † 96)

Apostolic Exarch of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1968.07.29 – 1977.02.26)

Bishop of Satna of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1977.02.26 – 1999.12.18)

Apostolic Exarchs of Satna (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Fr. Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. (later Bishop)
(1968.07.29 – 1977.02.26)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Vincent, Satna, Madhya Pradesh

Sagar (↙), Jabalpur (↙), Jhansi (↖), Allahabad (↗), Ambikapur (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 44,158 km²

Population: 2,836 Catholics (0.0% of 11,085,760 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 9 missions

Personnel: 59 priests (43 diocesan, 16 religious), 166 religious (24 brothers, 142 sisters), 5 seminarians

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