Diocese of Shamshabad, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malabar

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shamshabad / Shamshabaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ernakulam–Angamaly

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thomas, Saint John Paul II

History

2017.10.10: Established as Diocese of Shamshabad / Shamshabaden(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)
2020.12: Became suffragan of Ernakulam–Angamaly

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.08.30 – ...):	Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden (48)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.08.25 – ...):	Bishop Joseph Kollamparambil (68) Titular Bishop of Bencenna
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.08.25 – ...):	Bishop Thomas Padiyath (55) Titular Bishop of Mibiarca

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden (48)
(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 Kollamparambil (68)
(Archiepiscopal Administrator 2024.01.13 – 2024.08.30)

Bishop Raphael Thattil (68) (later Major Archbishop)
(2017.10.10 – 2024.01.09)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)
President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

To be broken and given

Born:	1956.04.21 (Trichur, India)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.10

Priest of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1980.12.21 – 2010.01.18)

Titular Bishop of Buruni (2010.01.18 – 2017.10.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2010.01.18 – 2017.10.10)

Apostolic Visitator in India outside the proper territory of the Syro-Malabars (2013.12.23 – 2017.10.10)

Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) (2017.10.10 – 2024.01.09)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) ([2024.01.09] 2024.01.09 – ...)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (2024.01.09 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Cathedral, Kukatpally, Telangāna

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Population: 50,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes, 69 missions

Personnel: 36 priests (16 diocesan, 20 religious), 114 religious (20 brothers, 94 sisters), 24 seminarians

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