Eparchy of Mandya
Eparchy of Mandya & Bangalore | |
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| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tellicherry |
| Metropolitan | Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Rite | East Syriac Rite |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Major Archbishop | Raphael Thattil |
| Bishop | Sebastian Adayantharath |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Pamplany |
| Vicar General | Mathew Koikara George Alluka |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| www.mandyadiocese.org | |
The Eparchy of Mandya is situated in Mandya city in Mandya district of Karnataka. The Syro Malabar eparchy includes ten civil districts of Karnataka, namely Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ramanagara, Tumkur, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan. The most recent bishop of Mandya was Antony Kariyil, who was later appointed as the Metropolitan Vicar of the Major Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly with the personal title of Archbishop on August 30, 2019. Infant Jesus Church, Henkel is the cathedral of the eparchy and the bishop's residence is at Kalenahalli, 6 km away from the city of Mandya.