Eparchy of Chanda

Eparchy of Chanda

चांदा च्या बिशपच्या अधिकारातील प्रदेश
Location
Country India
Ecclesiastical province Archeparchy of Kalyan
Statistics
Area32,233 km2 (12,445 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2009)
  • 3,764,000
  • 14,757 (0.4%)
Parishes6
Information
DenominationSyro-Malabar Catholic Church
RiteEast Syriac Rite
Established26 February 1977
CathedralCathedral of St Thomas the Apostle in Ballarpur
Patron saintSt Thomas the Apostle
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
Major ArchbishopMar Raphael Thattil
BishopMar Ephrem Nariculam
Metropolitan ArchbishopMar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
Map
Website
Website of the Eparchy

The Eparchy of Chanda is an eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the East Syriac Rite Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, and a suffragan of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Kalyan.

Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Thomas Cathedral, in Ballarpur, in India's Maharashtra state.