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(Province of
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Bishop
Mar Gratian Mundadan, C. M. I. |
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Address: |
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Bishop’s House,
Kotdwar– 246 149, Garhwal,
U. P.
Tel: Off: (01382)
222231; Per: (01382)
222902
Fax: (01382) 222511
Gram: Bishophouse
E-mail:
bishopgratian@yahoo.co.in |
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Dioceses At a Glance |
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Patron |
St. Joseph |
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Area |
30664 sq km |
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Total Population |
2,877,850 |
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Catholics |
1586 |
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Languages |
Hindustani, Hindi, Urdu,
Garhwalee |
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Revenue Districts |
Bijnor, Pauri and Garhwal,
Rudraprayag, Tehri, Chamoli,
Uttarkashi and Haridwar. |
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A
Short History |
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This Ecclesiastical Unit was
created as an Apostolic
Exarchate on March 23, 1972 by
the Papal Bull ‘Beatorum
Apostolorum’ and entrusted to
the Sacred Heart Province of the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
The geographical area of the
Diocese was culled out from the
Diocese of Meerut. It consists
of the districts of Bijnor,
except Dhampur division and the
five hill districts of
Pauri-Garhwal, Rudraprayag,
Tehri, Chamoli, Uttarkashi and a
portion of the district of
Haridwar.
Rt. Rev Gratian Mundadan CMI was
nominated as its first Apostolic
Exarch.
On
February 26, 1977 by the Papal
Bull ‘Quae cum Romano
Pontificatu’ of Pope Paul VI the
exarchate was raised to a
Diocese. Msgr. Gratian Mundadan
CMI, was appointed its first
bishop. |
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