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By
the Apostolic decree of Pope
John XXIII, ‘Ad lucem sancti
evangeli’ of 31st
March 1962, the ecclesiastical
unit of Chanda was erected
detaching three civil districts
from the Archdiocese of Nagpur.
This unit was entrusted to the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
Msgr. Januarius Palathuruthy CMI
was appointed as its first
ecclesiastical superior with
duties, privileges and faculties
of an Apostolic Exarch. He took
charge on 15th August 1962. On
July 1968 the unit was raised to
the status of an Exarchate. On
26 February 1977 by the Papal
Bull ‘Nostra Ipsorum’ of Pope
Paul VI established Chanda as a
Diocese and Msgr. Januaries was
appointed its first Bishop.
On
15 May 1990 he resigned from
office and Mar Vijay Anand
Nedumpuram CMI was appointed as
bishop on 20 April 1990. He was
ordained Bishop on 3 July 1990
and was installed on the same
day.
On
16 July 1999 Chanda was
bifurcated and the diocese of
Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh was
erected.
The Diocese of Chanda comprises
the Civil districts of Wardha,
Chandrapur and Gadchiroli (New
district as a result of
bifurcation of Chandrapur in
1982) in Maharashtra State. |
