Denomination Syro-Malabar Church Pope Francis Country India Metropolitan Archbishop Mar George Njaralakatt | Rite East Syrian Bishop Mar Antony Kariyil Major archbishop George Alencherry | |
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Vicar General Rev.Fr.Mathew Koikara CMI, Rev. Fr.George Alluka Ecclesiastical provinces Karnataka, Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry | ||
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mandya is situated in Mandya city in Mandya district of Karnataka. The eparchy includes ten civil districts of Karnataka, namely Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ramanagara, Tumkur, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan. The present bishop of Mandya is Mar Antony Kariyil. 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.
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History
The eparchy of Mandya was created by bifurcating Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady. The eparchy is a suffragan eparchy of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Tellicherry. The eparchy was created by Major Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil, by his decree on January 18, 2010. The eparchy has an area of 17,640 km2 with a total population of 44, 47,312 of which around 1,300 are Syro-Malabar Catholics.
Fr. Antony Kariyil CMI appointed Bishop of Mandya. The territory of Mandya is extended to Bangalore. The appointment was announced on 26 August 2015 at Mt. St. Thomas Kakkanad. The canonical territory of Mandya diocese comprises four civil Districts of Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Hassan and in August 2015 it is extended to Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ramanagara and Tumkur.