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The Diocese of Sagar was erected
on July 29, 1968 as an Apostolic
Exarchate, by the Decree "Qua in
apitus" which detached the civil
district of Sagar , Raisen and
Vidisha in Madhya Pradhesh from
the Archdiocese of Bhopal. It
was then entrusted to the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
Rev. Fr. Clemens Thottungal, he
Provincial Superior of the
Devamatha Province of CMI took
charge as the Apostolic Exarch
on 1 November 1969.
By another decree "De Bono
Animarum" of April 2, 1973, the
civil district of Guna in M.P
which formerly belonged to the
Diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur was
added to Sagar.
On February 26, 1977 by the
Papal Bull "Divina Verba " of
Pope Paul VI, the Exarchate of
Sagar was raised to a Diocese
and Mar Clemens Thottunkal was
appointed its first Bishop. He
was ordained Bishop on 25 Apirl
1977 and the diocese was
inaugurated in 19 June 1977.
On his retirement, Mar Joseph
Pastor Neelankavil was appointed
the second Bishop of Sagar,
through the Papal Bull,
'Resonant saepernumero'. He was
ordained and installed Bishop on
February 22, 1987.
When on 2
February 2006, Mar Joseph Pastor Neelankavil
resigned from office, Mar
Anthony Chirayath was nominated
Bishop of Sagar whose Episcopal Ordination
took place on
25 March 2006
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